TOWNSHIP HISTORIES CHAPTER I. THE TOWN OF MARYSVILLE-Paris Township. THE original plat of Marysville was laid out in 1819, and the following description thereof is from the records of Delaware County, which then included the site: "Plat of the town of Marysville, which is situated on Mill Creek, a branch of the West Fork of the Scioto River, in Delaware County, Ohio, which was surveyed and laid out, agreeable to the above plat, for Samuel Culbertson,* Esq., proprietor of said town, as laid out to the cardinal. points of the compass. The streets and alleys all at right angles ; the lots are five perches in front, or north and south, and eight perches back, or east and west ; the lots contain one-fourth part of an acre each, except the fractional lots which join the public square are less ; the streets are all four perches wide except the two streets running north and south, one of which being on the east side of the public square and the other on the west side, are thirty-three feet wide each ; the alleys are all sixteen and one half feet wide each, all of which is fully delineated on the above plat. "August 10, A. D. 1819. CHARLES ROBERTS, Surveyor." The lots in this plat were numbered from one to ninety-six ; the public square was in the shape of a diamond. The land included in this plat is a part of Edward Dowse's Survey No. 3351, surveyed for him in 1798, by Nathaniel Massie, D. S., on certain military warrants held by Dowse. Stephens Thomson Mason, of Loudoun County, Va., purchased the warrants and received a patent from the United States Government May 7, 1800, for the whole survey, 1087 acres, "situate, lying and being between the Little Miami and Scioto Rivers, northwest of the River Ohio." March 21, 1801, Mason sold it to Joseph Scott, of Philadelphia, for five shillings, and the latter, on the 22d of September in the same year, disposed of it to Francis Bailey, of Lancaster County, Penn., for the sum of $187. Bailey, who owned a printing establishment in Philadelphia, on the 15th of March, 1813, conveyed the land to Margaret Bailey, "a single woman," for $1. July 10, 1817, Miss Bailey sold the west one-third part of her purchase to Samuel W. Culbertson, also for $1. By this Mr. Culbertson became the owner of what a subsequent survey proved to be 450 acres of land. It is thus described in the deed to him : "Beginning on the bank of Mill Creek, in Delaware County, Ohio, above where the present road passes from Delaware to Urbana, at two sugar trees and lyn, the northwest corner Edward Dowse's Survey No. 3351 ; thence seventy and one-half east 152 poles to a hickory, sugar tree and ash in the line of said Dowse's survey, at one-third of the whole distance456 poles ; thence south ten east 436 poles to a post in the south boundary of said Dowse's survey, crossing the creek at 180 poles; thence south eighty west 152 poles with said south boundary to a large white oak and three sugar trees southwest corner to said Dowse's survey; thence north ten west 436 poles along the west boundary of said Dowse's survey, crossing the creek to the beginning." 4 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Culbertson lived at Zanesville, Ohio. June 28, 1820, his wife, Mary* Culbertson, granted him a power of attorney to convey for her the interest she owned in any lands in Union County which he wished to sell. July 25, 1822, the following power of' attorney was granted by Culbertson and wife to Silas G. Strong, of Marysville: "Know all men by these presents, That we, Samuel W. Culbertson, and Nancy, his wife, for divers good causes and considerations us thereunto moving, and the sum of one dollar to us in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do and by these presents have nominated, constituted and appointed Silas G. Strong, of Marysville, our true and lawful attorney in fact, for us and in our names, to sell any and every inlot in Marysville, as laid out by Samuel W. Culbertson, beginning with lot number one and taking every odd lot progressively as high as lot number, ninety-six, the even lots having been already disposed of; and lots numbers one, three, forty-five, fifty-one, he is to be restricted to the prices as marked on the plat this day furnished him, subscribed by S. W. Culbertson ; the lots to be sold for one-fourth in hand and the residue within three years from the date, with interest from the sale ; when the sale is made, our attorney to give to the purchaser a title bond in our names, to bind us to make a complete legal title to the purchaser on the payment of the whole purchase-money to him or us, he is also to make and give leases for small outlots for improvements, until outlets are laid oat for sale, at which time the leases are to be void on the leasee being paid for his improvement. All our attorney's acts done by him agreeable to this power are to be (lone by him in our names, which he is to subscribe until this power is revoked by us ; and we do hereby obligate ourselves to ratify and confirm whatever our said attorney may do by virtue of this our authority, as witness our hands and seals at Marysville this 25th day of July, 1822. "SAMUEL W. CULBERTSON. [SEAL.] NANCY CULBERTSON. [SEAL.] Witnesses present DAVID COMERM NEIL GUNN." Mr. Strong received like documents from other non-resident property holders, to sell or lease land for them, and was a man of extensive business for those days. Marysville having been fixed upon as the seat of justice for the county of Union, David Comer was, on the 10th of July, 1820, appointed Director of said town, with Thomas McDonald and George Harris as his bondsmen. On the day following it was "Ordered by the Court, That David Coiner, the Director of the town of Marysville, be governed in his proceedings by the following rules, to-wit: That he select the grounds and lots; that he receive deeds for the county ; that he sell the lots at public sale, giving first thirty days' notice in the neighboring papers ; that he sell for one-tenth in hand and the balance in four equal annual payments ; that he lay out the land in lots (either in or out lots as the ground may best suit)- that he make any alterations in laying out the town which Culbertson and himself may think expedient; that he take bond, with security, from purchasers. After the public sale he may sell at private sale, and clear off the ground before the sales and make such other improvements as may be advantageous to the county." April 18, 1821, a plat of Marysville was placed on record in Union County, having a total of 144 lots ; this was laid out by Mr. Comer, as Director, the lots from 98 to 144, inclusive, having been donated by Mr. Culbertson for the use of the county. The space between Center and North streets, extending east the width of one lot beyond Water street, was called " Military Square," and has since been laid out into lots. It was 43 poles and 4 links east and west, by 28 poles north and South, and contained 7 acres 47 poles and 9 links. Culbertson and his wife, upon the establishment of the seat of justice at Marysville, deeded to David Comer, in trust for the county, all the even-numbered lots in the original plat and * The name appears as Mary but once; in all other places asNancy, which was probably the true name. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 5 the 24 acres adjoining on the east, in which were the 48 additional lots and the Military Square. This deed, dated December 16, 1820, was made in order that the Commissioners might be enabled to erect public buildings at Marysville. The Military Square was laid out into lots June 29, 1825 ; eight outlots had been platted for Mr. Culbertson, west of the original town, by Silas G. Strong, surveyor, ;November 3, 1823. In 1824, David Comer resigned as Director, and on the 27th of September, in that year, the court appointed Stephen McLain in his place, and he entered into bonds, with David Comer and Richard Gabriel as securities. Comer died in 1825, and his last will and testament was admitted to probate on the 27th of June, in that year. He had, before his resignation, sold for the county the following lots in Marysville : No. 4, to George Harris, April 20, 1821, price, $81. No. 28, to Matthias Collins, May 21, 1821, price. $75.0625. No. 26, to Matthias Collins, June 29, 1821, price, $55. No. 58, to Philip Jarboe, June 29, 1821, price, $96. No. 70, to Thomas Collins, December 3,1822, price, $54. No. 38, to T. L. Woods and Stephen McLain, September 27,1824, price, $1. Stephen McLain, while acting in the capacity of Director, sold lots in the town as follows: Nos. 8, 86, 99, 102, to Thomas Osborn, April 2, 1825, price, $15.125. No. 20, to Matthias Collins, November 25,3824, price, $1. No. 16, to Daniel Miller, November 5, 1824, price, $60.0625. Nos. 129, 136, 137, 144, to Levi Phelps, May 10, 1825, price, $10. No. 76, to Leonard Kirkwood, July 16, 1825, price, $1. Nos. 2, 7, 10, 15, in Military -Square, to James P. Crawford, September 29, 1825, price, $100. Nos. 12, 30, 42, 80, and 3, 6,11, 14, on Military Square, to Silas G. Strong, September 29, 1825, price, $100. No. 94, to Pierce Lanphere, May 1, 1826, price, $10. No. 82, to Leonard Kirkwood, May 29, 1826, price, $5. Nos. 113, 120, 121, 128, 103, 106, 62, 116, 117, 124, 125, 60, 72. to David Witter, February 18, 1826, price, $100, No. 84, to John N. Conkelon, June 30,1826, price, $10. No. 72, to Daniel Miller, November 17,1826, price, $1. Nos. 114, 119, 122. 127, to Daniel Miller January 2, 1827, price, $25. No. 78, to Adam Wolford, November 17, 1826, price, $10. No. 90, to Adam Wolford, March 21, 1827, price, $10, No. 44, to Hezekiah Bates, May 19, 1827, price, $1. Nos. 32,14,10, 129,136,137, 144, to Levi Phelps. July 26, 1827, price, $100. Nos. 34,97,98, to John R. McLain December 17, 1827, price, $37.75. No. 22, to Silas G. Strong, June 4,1828, price. $69. No. 143, to Sampson Hubbell, June 20, 1829, price, $4. Nos. 100, 101, 108, 109. to William Gregg, June 22, 1829, price, $6. Nos. 18, 66, 92,115,118, 123. 126, 131, 134, 139,142, to Thomas Collins, October 19, 1829, price, $31. No. 54, to William Edgar, September 15, 1829, price, $20. No. 110, to Robert Miller, June 22, I829, price.' $3. No. 64, to John R. McLain, February 24, I830, price, $35. Nos. 56, 68, to Cyprian Lee, May 10. 1828, price, Nos. 4, 5, 12 and 13, on Military Square, to Matthias Collins, March 30, 1825, price, $7. No. 2. to Levi Phelps, July 20, 1829, price, No. 48, to Alexander Pollock, October 26, 1830, price, $5. Nos. 1, 8, 9 and 16, on Military Square, to Matthias Collins, January 28, 1831, price, $30. 6 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Nos. 135, 138, to William Wells, May 7,1830, price, $8. No. 96, to George Sager, September 15, 1829, price, $10. No. 112, to Silas G. Strong, November 6, 1828, price, $8. No. 111, to Silas G. Strong, October 10, 1833, price, $10. No. 74, to William H. Spear, October 29. 1833, price, $5. No. 88, to John R. McLain, February 28, 1834, price, $6. No. 6, to Ransom Clark, January 23, 1834, price, $6. Nos. 132, 133, 140, 141, to Thomas Snodgrass, February 28, 1834, price, $8. No. 130, to Elisha Adamson, John R. McLain, Samuel B. Johnson, Directors of School District No. 1. March 30, 1835, price, $5. Mr. Culbertson sold the following, making deeds of a number of them after he had conveyed to his son-in-law, Joshua Mathiot, the entire 450 acres, except such lots as had been already sold or contracted for, the transfer occurring April 10,1828: No. 33, to John Leeper, May 27,1826, price, $1. No. 45, to James Taylor, May 23, 1826, price, $150. Outlot No. 2, to Silas G. Strong, May 27, 1826, price, $50. Outlot No. 8, to Levi Phelps, July 15, 1828, price, $50. No. 39, to David IN Witter, November 8, 1828, price, $50. Outlot No. 1, to Stephen McLain, November 26, 1829, price, $50. Outlot No. 4, to Adam Wolford, February 4, 1830, price, $50. July 2, 1828, Mathiot granted Silas G. Strong power of attorney* to sell for him any lots owned by said Mathiot in Marysville, or to lease or rent any farm lands on the balance of the 450 acres. He stipulated that Lots 1, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 25, 27,61 and 83 should be sold for not less than $20 each; Lots 3, 23 49 65, 67, 71, 79, 81, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93 and 95, at not less than $25 each Lots 53: 55: 59, 73 and 75, no less than $40 each Lots 21 and 69, no less than $70 each ; Lot 47, no less than $100 ; Lot 51, no less than $125; outlots at not less than $50 each. Mathiot and his wife, who at the time resided in Licking County, Ohio, sold lots as follows, per Strong: Nos. 3, 11, to Levi Phelps, January 2, 1830, price, $25. Nos. 53, 55, to William Campbell, January 12, 1832, price, $80. No. 27, to Samuel B. Johnson, January 12, 1832, price, $100. Part of No. 51, to Silas G. Strong, September 29, 1832, price, $63. Part of No. 51, to Cyprian Lee, June 17, 1833, price, $87. Outlot No. 3, to James January, January 12, 1832, price, $50. No. 47, to Enos Ward, January 12, 1832, price, $100. Undivided one-half No. 45, to Luther 31. Davis, March 1, 1834, price, $140. Nos 29, 41, to Hezekiah Bates, March 21, 1834, price, $100. Outlots Nos. 5, 6, to William Ward, March 26, 1834, price, $100. No. 57, to Harvey Ward, March 14, 183.5, price, $150. Nos. 69, 77, to Cyprian Lee, March 23, 1837, price, $100. No. 91, to Adam Wolford, March 23. 1837, price, $40. No. 73, to Ira Wood, March 23, 1837, price, $65. No. 15, to Christian Gaul, March 14, 1835, price, $125. No. 63, to Calvin Winget, March 23, 1837. price, $100. No. 81, to Levi Antrim, March 23, 1837, price. $48. Nos. 73, 85, to Alexander Pollock, December 29, 1838, price, $150. Nos. 83, 95, to William Snodgrass, December 29, 1838, price, $100. No. 59, to Silas G. Strong, March 23. 1837, price, $72. Nos. 5, 17, to Ransom Clark, December 29, 1838. price, $62.50. No. 69, to Robson L. Broome, December 14, 1833, price, $100. No. 37, to Mains Wason. January 7. 1841, price, $37.50. No. 71, to James 11. Gill, January 11. 1841, price, $60 No. 49, to Henry Kezartee, July 26. 1843, price. $60. *This power of attorney was revoked April 8, 1830, but renewed the same, day. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 7 No. 61, to Robson L. Broome, July 26, 1843, price, $36. No. 79, to Robson L. Broome, July 26, 1843, price, $60. No. 87, to William H. Frank, April, 6, 1848, $75. No. 93, to William L. Gibson, April 6, 1848, price, $40. Outlot No. 7, to William H. Skinner,* April 15, 1851, price, $124. April 12, 1851, Joshua Mathiot's widow sold to John Cassil her dower estate in Survey 3,351, described in a deed bearing that date. The administrators subsequently sold a number of lots in Mathiot's addition. In March, 1849, the Commissioners ordered a re-numbering of the lots in Marysville, in compliance with an act of the Legislature passed February 2, 1848, and the Auditor and Recorder performed the work, making a few changes from the original numbering. The following additions have been made to the town, aside from those already mentioned: Western Addition-By Henry Shedd, ten lots, surveyed by William B. Irwin, July 6, 1847. Mathiot's Addition-April 16, 1851, lots added from 172 to 221, inclusive, and several outlots, principally south of original town, but extending a little to the east thereof. John Cassil's Addition-Nineteen lots and eight outlots, north of original town, November 25, 1854. D. D. Welsh's Addition-Eleven lots, January 2, 1855. William Welsh's Addition of Outlots--January 3, 1855. William E. Lee's Addition-Fourteen lots, January 17, 1855. A. L. Skinner's Addition-Five Lots, September 25,1855. Samuel C. Lee's Addition-Thirty-eight lots, south of railroad, on East and Military streets, August 16, 1864. The Picket Addition-Twelve lots, between Center and North streets and west of Cottage street, June 13, 1865, by John Cassil, agent and attorney for G. A. and Emily 11. Cassil. S. W. Dolbear's Addition-Seven lots, April 7, 1866. Charles Erb's Addition of Outlots-August 29, 1868. Brown & Mowry's Addition-By Thomas Brown and A. S. Mowry, February 14, 1871, ten lots east of Vine, between Center and North streets. William C. Barnett's Addition-Fourteen lots, between Water and Military streets, south of railroad, May 6, 1873. Robinson's Addition-by James W. and William H. Robinson, seventythree lots, including two outlots, in southwest part of town, December 10, 1873. Reed's Addition-By Margaret F. Reed and Samuel L. Reed, her husband, four lots. on Weaver street, February 20, 1875. Southwick's Addition-Weaver and Center streets (cast of Weaver and south of Center, crossing South street), by E. R. Southwick, May 18, 1876. Freshwater's Addition-Between Vine and Water streets, and between Center street and the railroad, by William Burns, executor of will of William Freshwater, March 2, 1880. Robb's Addition-South of Center street, west of Kenton avenue, by William H. Robb, March 26, 1881. The name "Marysville " was given to the town by Mr. Culbertson when he laid it out, in honor of his daughter Mary, who subsequently became the wife of Mathiot. Gen. Joshua M. The banks of Mill Creek, at Marysville, are 480 feet above the waters or the Ohio River at Portsmouth-the mouth of the Scioto. The stream is here not large. but furnishes slight power. During the dry season its channel is nearly filled with a vegetable growth. EARLY SETTLEMENT. The first cabin on the site of Marysville is said to have been built by a Quaker named Jonathan Summers, about 1916. After the town was platted, its first * Mr. Skinner purchased from the administrators of J. Mathiot, deceased. 8 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. settlers were Matthias Collins, Samuel Miller and John Leeper. George Snodgrass, the oldest living resident of Union County, in a letter dated at Urbana, Ohio, December 18, 1882, contributes from his recollection substantially as follows: "When I came to Marysville to live, in February, 1824, there were but four families living on the town plat; it was literally in the woods. Silas G. Strong had just moved in a new log house, just where the house of Judge Woods, deceased, now stands, opposite the jail, on land he had purchased at $3.50 per acre. Daniel Miller, a brother-in-law of David Comer, lived in an old log cabin built probably by a squatter. He had four children, was a brick-maker by trade, and died here after a few years; his widow removed from the place. Matthias Collins was here when I came.. He had one or two children. His wife died at an early date. Collins was a carpenter, and built a little one-story house on East Center street, just on the east side of the branch. Dr. Henderson owns the site now. Collins got married in 1830, perhaps; moved on a farm, lived a few years and died. The fourth family was that of Stephen McLain. He was raised in Champaign County, Ohio, married in the fall of 1823, moved to Marysville, and was jailer, living in the jail when I went there in February, 1824. Those were the citizens of Marysville then. "Between that date and the fall of 1827, two families located in the placeGeorge Minturn and wife, from Champaign County, and Newton Hicks and wife. Minturn was a wheelwright by trade, and made little and big spinning wheels. People at that time manufactured their own wearing apparel. Newton Hicks was a tanner. I built the first twostory frame to live in that was put up in Marysville. I think I am safe in saying that I taught the first school that had any scholars, in the corporation or town plat. "I recollect David Comer distinctly. He was a man of considerable ability, and a gentleman. He was our Captain; I have mustered under him. He was elected Commissioner of Union County at an early date. He owned a good farm three miles west of Milford, and died about the year 1830 . Some years after that the widow married a fine man by the name of Ralph Cherry. They are both gone. As regards Clark Provin, I can say but little. My recollection is that he was appointed Clerk of the Court until one could be elected ; if so, then Silas G. Strong was elected. I am not able to state what became of him. "Silas G. Strong was an Eastern man. He had a good education,. and was smart, shrewd, and capable of filling any office in the county or State. He came to Marysville soon after the organization of the county. He was of the Presbyterian order. When I came to live with him he was Clerk of the Courts, County and Township Recorder, Justice of the Peace and Postmaster. He was a good surveyor, was agent for a good many tracts of land, and his having no family except his wife was the reason I went to live with him; he wanted some one to assist him in his business. I was to stay with him three years. When I was not engaged for him, he was to educate me in his own house. He was to give me $33 the first year, $66 the second, $100 the third, and board me and do my washing ; I was to furnish my own clothing. I lived with him three years, then got married, rented his house and kept tavern, Strong and his wife boarding with me. He always treated me well, never it cross word passing between us. During that time, I taught school nine months in one place, a mile 'arid a half from Marysville, at $12.50 per month. "Amos A. Williams was then Sheriff of the county. He was a carpenter by trade, and as the business of his office did not give him constant employment, he made me his deputy and left the entire business with me. I was then twenty years of age. He was elected for a second term, and I still remained with him, making three years altogether, to the satisfaction of all concerned." Mr. Snodgrass further says: "My father's name was Robert Snodgrass. He came from Pennsylvania and settled near Milford in the year 1800, with five or six Page -9 - Picture of S. D. Robinson Page - 10 - Blank PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 11 other families-relatives. At that time the country was a wilderness ; Indiana were very plenty, but friendly. Our family numbered ten persons, of whom four were born in the bounds of Union. I was born June 8, 1805."* About 1835-40, Silas G. Strong changed his religious views and went, with his wife, to the Shakers. After one year he became dissatisfied and returned to Marysville. He then embraced the doctrine of the Second Adventists and became enthusiastic in that belief. W. C. Malin relates of him that he had his "ascension robe " ready on several occasions, and at one time took a man's cow and horse team as balance of payment on a farm. The man came in afterward and wanted the cow back, saying that his family was nearly starving. Strong told him it made no difference; the people would all be "called up" in a few days any way-referring to the predicted, end of the world." After a number of years Strong went to Nauvoo, Ill., and joined the Mormons, and there died. Some time later his wife returned to her friends in the East. David Witter (2) was the third Sheriff of Union County, elected in 1828 and reelected in 1832. He was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1786. His father, Elijah Witter, removed to Ontario County, N. Y., about the beginning of the present century. In that county, near Geneva, David continued to reside until he was about twenty-eight years old. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and as such participated in the battle at Queenstown Heights, in Canada, fought in October, 1812. He belonged to the force under Col. S. Van Rensselaer, which assaulted and took the enemy's works, but a re-enforcement of the enemy came up and retook them. In 1814, Mr. Witter moved to Ohio and bought land and settled in Union County, on the Darby Plains. Here he improved a large and valuable farm, and was greatly prospered while he resided on it. At the public sale of town lots in Marysville, in 1820, Mr. Witter bought a large number of lots, among others the lot on which the American Hotel building now stands. He erected that structure in the summer and fall of 1829. It was one of the beat hotel buildings then in this section of the State; there was at that time none superior to it either in Springfield, Delaware or Columbus. Mr. Witter owned some three hundred acres of land adjoining Marysville on the east, coming up to what is now known as Weaver street, including the Richey farm, part of the D. Longbrake farm, and part of Mrs. McFadden's farm. The land that he then owned in this vicinity is now of immense value, but was sold by him before it had appreciated much. Mr. Witter was a man of great enterprise and activity, and very successful in business for many years ; but in 1840 he engaged in buying hogs and cattle, and sustained heavy losses. He subsequently sold out and paid his debts, and in 1845 removed to Logan County, Ill., where he had entered one thousand acres of land in 1835. He remained on this land until 1857, when he sold out and moved to Pike County, Ill., where he died in June, 1857. Mr. Witter was married three times; first to Sally Witter, a distant relative ; this was in 1810. She died in 1838, and he married Mrs. Eliza Moran, in 1839, in Union County, Ohio. In 1857, he married a Mrs. Fuller, in Illinois. By his first wife he raised six children, five daughters and one son, as follows: Clarissa, born in 1812, married to T. L. Campbell; moved to Texas, raised a large family, and died just before the breaking-out of the rebellion. Joshua, born in 1815, married in Union County - moved to Illinois in 1845, and from thence to Texas in 1853. He remained there until the opening of the rebellion, when he was compelled to leave on account of his undisguised Union * George Snodgrass was married February 7,1828, and his wife, Hannah, died December 9,1881. Mr. Snodgrass was one of the chain-carriers for the surveyor who was authorized to lay out the Marlon road, also the Newton mad. In running the entire distance from Marysville to the north part of the county, they saw but two or three cabins. One was in the valley of Belts's Creek, just north of Pharisburg, and another on Fulton Creek. The letter was occupied by Cyprian Lee. Levi Phelps, who surveyed the mad, was then a young, unmarried man, and at Mr. Lee's Douse, where the party made its headquarters for several days, he met, in the person of Mr. Lee's sister, the lady who subsequently became his wife. (2) The sketch of Mr. Witter to furnished by Judge P. B. Cole. 12 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. sentiments. His son made his way to the North before his father did, and joined the Union forces and served during the balance of the war. Anna, the second daughter, married Hosea Ardes, in Illinois, in 1845; removed to Texas about 1853, where she still resides. Dolly B. intermarried with P. B. Cole, of Marysville, where they still reside. Mary married Horace G. Ballou, who removed from Marysville to Logan County, Ill., in 1850, where he practiced with success until 1855, when he died. His widow died in 1865. Armuda P. married George Downing, in Logan County, Ill., in 1845. He died in 1853, and she afterward married John England, who died in 1869. She is now a widow, and resides at Lincoln, Ill. Sarah Ann married Levi Rinker. in Logan County, Ill. He was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, and fell in battle near Atlanta, Ga. She resides near Fort Scott, Kan., and is a widow. Eliza was the only child by his second marriage. She married a man by the name of James Iden ; they now reside in Lincoln, Ill. Mr. Witter had been unfortunate in business just before he left Ohio, but had repaired most of his losses before his death and left a good property to his children at his death. Adam Wolford, Sr., was raised in Guernsey County, Ohio, where he was probably born. He removed to Mt. Vernon, Knox County, where he was married on the 10th of May, 1821. Immediately after his marriage, he came with his wife to Union County and settled on a farm near the site of the present fair ground, a short distance outside of the corporation as it now exists. His daughter (Maria) was born December 18, 1825, and before she was a year old her parents moved into the village and located on a lot on the north side of South street, just east of the "town run;" the family took up its residence in a log house on said lot. At that date it is likely that log houses were the only kind to be seen within the limits of the place. Mr. Wolford was a carpenter by trade, and had most of the work in that line to perform for a considerable period; a great portion of the carpenter work in the court house recently abandoned was done by him. He afterward moved to the lot in the southwest part of town, on which the West School building now stands. When said building was erected, the frame house which occupied the site, and in which Mr. Wolford lived, was moved to the south side of the street and is now occupied by R. L. Partridge and family. Mr. Partridge married Mr. Wolford's daughter (Maria), mentioned above. Mr. Wolford died June 10, 1863, at the age of sixty-five years. His wife (Katharine Wolford), died October 17, 1865, aged sixty years. Adam Wolford, Jr., brother to the wife of Adam Wolford, Sr., settled in Marysville with his widowed mother, Charlotte Wolford, about 1828. She afterward married Jacob Slicer, and both are now deceased. Adam Wolford, Jr., was only four years of age when his mother came with him and his brother and two sisters to Marysville. After a residence of forty-one years in the town, he removed to Missouri in 1869. He now resides near North Lewisburg, Ohio. Richard Bancroft was born August 11, 1797, at Wakefield, England; came to America when nineteen years of age; married Mary Graham, February 14, 1822, in Clark County, Ohio and soon after located at Marysville, where he resided over fifty years. He died August 22, 1880, in Iowa, while on a visit with his wife to their daughter. Mrs. Bancroft died at Anamosa, Iowa, at the residence of her daughter, July 13, 1881, in the seventy-eighth year of her age. Thomas Snodgrass died at Marysville on the 21st of April, 1880, aged seventy-three years. He was a native of the county, and had spent the greater part of his life in Marysville. He established the first Methodist Sunday school in the place, connected himself with the church in 1828, became a class leader, and led the singing until about 1859. He remained a prominent member of the church until his death, and was a citizen greatly respected and esteemed. He was a man of marked character, and will Iong he remembered by those who knew him. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 13 The following sketch of Cyprian Lee, a prominent pioneer of the town and county, was furnished by his brother, William Lee, of Marysville: "Several of the older States were represented by the pioneer settlers of Union County, and Connecticut had a representative in Cyprian Lee, who was born in Berlin, Hartford Co., Conn., April 10, 1792. He was the son of John and Mary (Hart) Lee, and spent the early years of his life on the farm homestead of his father, in Kensington, in the town of Berlin. After he had become of legal age, he spent several years with his uncle, John Hart, who had removed from Connect!cut to Petersburg, Va. On the failure of the health of his uncle, who then returned to Connecticut, his business was committed to him to settle up, and through this arrangement he became the owner of ail undivided half of a tract of about 2.000 acres of land situated on Fulton Creek, in what is now Claibourne Township, Union Co., Ohio. He first visited Ohio about the year 1820. remained for a time in Delaware, and there, about 1821. married Elizabeth Cooper, whose parents were from Vermont. In 1822, he concluded to settle upon his land in Union County, and with this view he obtained an order of partition of the tract referred to, and the boundaries of the half belonging to him were established. He then sold a small parcel to a man who engaged to locate upon it and assist him for a time in the preliminiaries of his own settlement. The first work to be accomplished was the opening of a way for about four miles through heavily timbered region. to get access with teams and wagons to the spot where he was to locate his log cabin; then the rearing of his cabin and the beginning of the clearing of the land for cultivation. "Such an enterprise for a young man and a young wife, who had not been inured to life under such conditions. demanded courageous and resolute spirits, with willing and strong hands, to endure the hardships and overcome the difficulties incident to such an undertaking, and of his wife it can be truly said that she united the courageous, heroic spirit with the gentle and amiable traits of a true woman. He was a man of large frame, of great muscular strength, very stipple and active, and he had courage and resolution. Addressing himself to the difficulties of his situation with ambitious earnestness, his exertions resulted in subjecting him to rheumatic disease, which so interfered with his farming pursuits that after two or three years he found it expedient to seek a different location and a different occupation ; accordingly, in 1824 or 1825, he, removed to Marysville, and for a time kept a hotel. At the time of his residence on Fulton Creek, and during the earlier years of his residence in Marysville. there were some men in the vicinity who, while they were physically powerful, were of quarrelsome dispositions and fighting habits ; and there were several instances in which men of this sort challenged the manhood of Mr. Lee in ways which he could not allow to pass without asserting his manhood in a contest, the result of which was that in each case the assailing parties met their master. These demonstrations of his power and prowess becoming known to the near residents, led them to regard him with more than common respect, and, as he was of it very social nature, kind and generous hearted, and in his disposition the opposite of a quarrelsome man, he had many and warm friends. Besides being of a genial, social nature, he had a cheerful, joyous temperament, and entered heartily into the innocent sports of the time engaged in the games of ball with the men or the boys, as also in the hunts for game, and made himself ail agreeable companion with all who were disposed to conduct themselves with moral propriety ; and very naturally, in quell associations, he often took the place of leader, or captain, as for a period of several years he was the chosen Captain of the local militia. "Such were some of the incidents of the early Years, of his life in Union County, and such were some of his natural characteristics. He did not remain long at hotel keeping, but leaving that, engaged in mercantile business. He entered into the latter in company with others, having a number of different partners during the period in which he was engaged in trade, which continued up to 14 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. the time of his death, which occurred September 24, 1854. He was elected Treasurer of the county, and held that office from 1845 to 1851 ; was elected Coroner in 1851, and served one Year, and was once elected Mayor of Marysville, but declined to serve. He was not ambitious of official distinction, nor was he ever actuated by an eager desire to accumulate property. His business yielded him a sufficient income for the comfortable support of his family, with something more with which to gratify the generous and benevolent impulses of his nature. He had no disreputable habits, and his character was not stained by any immoral practices. It remains now to speak of him in relation to his religious character, and in this respect it may be said that be was a man of religious faith and precepts for some years before he made a public profession by connecting himself with a Christian Church; but, in 1841, he became a member of the Presbyterian Church of Marysville, was elected all Elder in 1843, and the same year became the clerk of the church session. and continued to hold these offices until his death, a period of twelve years. In 1841, he was elected Depositary of the County Bible Society, and in 1842 was elected to the Presidency of this society, and was continued in this office for twelve years. These facts are significant of the estimation in which his religious character was held by those with whom he was associated in the church, and in the County Bible Society ; and they show that in some good degree he was true to his genealogical lineage. There coursed in his veins and pulsated in his heart the blood of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Deacon Stephen Hart and John Lee, all of' whom were of that company of' colonists that removed in 1636 * from Cambridge, Mass., to Hartford, Conn., and made the first settlement there. The John Lee of that colony, then a youth, subsequently married Mary Hart, daughter of Deacon Stephen Hart. At a later period, Samuel Hart, a grandson of Stephen Hart, married Mary Hooker, a grand-daughter of Rev. Thomas Hooker. Still later, John Lee, of the fifth generation from John Lee, the colonist, married Mary Hart, a descendant of Deacon Stephen Hart and Rev. Thomas Hooker ; and this John Lee and Mary Hart Lee were the parents of Cyprian Lee. "Few men were more prominent in the early history of Connecticut in shaping the religious and civil institutions of the State than Rev. Thomas Hooker; and both the Harts and the Lees, for successive generations, were of devout religious proclivities, and stanch supporters of the religious institutions of their State, as also earnest advocates of the liberty of conscience and the natural rights of men under governmental arrangements, both civil and ecclesiastical. Cyprian Lee owed it to his ancestors to belong to the Christian Church, and to stand for the distribution of the Bible as he did. His children were: Mary, born October 10, 1823; Lewis Hart, born January 8, 1826; Samuel Cooper, born August 6, 1828. These are all living and have families, but none of them are now residents of Union County. The young wife, who shared heroically and affectionately with him the hardships anti privations of pioneer life on Fulton Creek, died before the lapse of ten years from the time of their marriage. He subsequently married Mary Irwin, of this county, who survived him but a few years, but left no children." Tobias Beightler, from Fairfield County, Ohio, removed to Paris Township, Union County, in 1825, when twenty-one years of age. He was then possessed of limited means, but in the subsequent years accumulated enough to make him comfortable. According to his recollections as published in the Marysville Tribune in 1880, there were only seven voters in Marysville upon his arrival in the town; those were Matthias Collins, Thomas Collins, Eli Lundy, George H. Houser, Hezekiah Bates-a blacksmith, who had a shop on the site now occupied by the People's Bank; Samuel Osborn, who had a small tannery where the city hall now is, and Silas G. Strong. The walls of the old American House, according to the *This date should be October, 1635, at which time a colony of sixty persons left Boston, and, after passing across Central Massachusetts, settled at Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield, in Connecticut.-P. A. D. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 15 memory of Mr. Beightler, were laid by Squire Gladhill and a man named Sprague. George H. Houser was a brother-in-law of Mr. Beightler, and in the year the latter arrived here killed seventy-seven deer, two bears and seven wolves. while Eli Lundy killed the same number of deer and two wolves. Charles L. Mullen was born in Madison County, Ohio, in 1814, and in 1829 came with his father to Marysville, where he resided until his death, February 4, 1882. It is said that he carried the first brick and mortar used in the construction of the old courthouse. He was twice married-first, in January, 1843, to Sarah Bancroft, who died seven years later, and second, to Elizabeth J. Marfield, who survived him; each bore him four children. Calvin Winget was born in 1801, and very soon afterward his father, Stephen Winget, Sr., removed from Marietta, Ohio, to what is now Darby Township, Union County, where he died in March, 1807. The family was originally either from Pennsylvania or Virginia. Calvin Winget married Cynthia Irwin, sister of Gen. William B. Irwin, who is mentioned elsewhere. He lived for a time at Milford, where his son, William M. Winget, now of Marysville, was born June 1, 1829; four months after that event, he removed with his family to Marysville, where for a number of years he was engaged in the cabinet-making business, as were also his brothers, Stephen and David. Calvin Winget. on his arrival in the town, or soon after, occupied a house-part frame and part logo-which stood on the site of the present brick dwelling immediately east of the Congregational Church. He subsequently owned a house on the west side of Main street, opposite the American Hotel. This. to(rether with the dwellings of two men named Hicks and Thornton, and a new building erected by John Adamson for a store and dwelling and not yet occupied by him, were destroyed by an incendiary fire in 1831. Adamson had a stock of goods in his store, and thieves had entered and stolen quantities thereof, afterward setting fire to the building. Two white men and a colored man were arrested the following day for the offense, tried and sentenced to the penitentiary. The families who had been burned out took rooms in the upper part of the hotel which David Witter had built, although it was not yet quite completed. The widow of Stephen Winget, Jr., from whom this information was derived, does not recollect who was then keeping the hotel, which had, in its incomplete state, been thrown open to the public, but thinks a man named Rice became its landlord soon after. Calvin Winget died in 1840, of milk sickness. In the possession of his son, Squire William M. Winget, is the original Beal of Union County. It is made of brass and has upon its face the State coat-of-arms, the words "Common Pleas of the County of Union," and the date 1820. The impression was Made by placing its face over the instrument to be sealed and striking the back side with a hammer, and it bears many a dent from the blows inflicted. Squire Winget is one of the prominent citizens of the town and county, and has been honored with numerous official position s-Justice of the Peace, County Clerk, etc. Stephen Winget, Jr., was born in Darby Township, Union Co., Ohio, in April, 1807, a month after the death of his father. Stephen Winget, Sr. In 1829, he married Matilda Marshall, daughter of Thomas Marshall, and in May, 1830, removed with his wife to Marysville and entered into the cabinet-making business. His health afterward failed and he moved upon a farm he had purchased on the Milford road, but finally returned to Marysville and resumed his former occupation. For eight years he was associated with Jesse Gill in a saw-mill at North Lewisburg, Champaign County.; both men are now deceased, Mr. Winget's death occurring at Marysville, December 19, 1879. Upon his arrival in this town in May, 1830, Mr. Winget moved in with his brother Calvin and lived for a few months in the upper part of the house occupied by the latter. He afterward occupied for a time a the small frame building owned by Silas G. Strong, which stood opposite the present site of the Presbyterian Church, on the south side of West Center street. Strong the had kept store in said building, carrying probably a general country stock. Stephen McLain was then a prominent citizen of the town, and occupied a central 16 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. location, somewhere near the spot on which the Union Block now stands. The surroundings of the village at that day were rather dreary and unpleasant; scrubby brush, wet land and heavy. timber made up the landscape, and about where the Presbyterian Church now is, and for a considerable space around, a "cat-tail " and willow swamp presented its beauties to the eye of the beholder. There was scarcely an indication that the village in a mud-hole would ever become the prosperous, thrift and beautiful town which is the pride of its citizens today. In may, 1830, there were but two or three frame houses in the place. Levi Phelps lived in one, a man named Powell in another, and Cornelius Sheltman, a wheelwright, in another. Silas G. Strong was then keeping hotel on the ground lately occupied by Judge Woods, in a two-story log building, part of which was weather boarded. Mrs. Stephen Winget was one of the ladies who attended the first Fourth of July celebration in Marysville, in 1828, and remembers it well - six couples of young people were present from Darby Township. Mrs. Winget was born near Culpepper Court House, Fauquier Co., Va., and her father, Thomas Marshall, removed with his family to Logan County, Ohio, when the daughter was five years old. In 1814, he changed his place of residence to Darby Township, Union County, and died, in the neighborhood of 1840, while living on Sugar Run. Thomas Marshall Winget, oldest son of Stephen and Matilda Winget, was born in Marysville in August, 1830, and died at his home in the same town, December 27, 1877. He had been a respected citizen all his -life. His occupation had been that of a carpenter and cabinet-maker. He married Tabitha A., daughter of William M. Robinson, who, with three children, survives him. "Philander B. Cole,* now the senior member of the bar of Union County, was born in Columbus, Ohio, October 10, 1815. He was the only child of James Cole and Jerusha, his wife. His father, James Cole, removed to Delaware County, where Ike bought land, about one-half of which was in Delaware and the other half in Union County, the family residence being in the former. This land was cleared and made into a farm, Philander assisting to clear and cultivate the same until the death of his mother, which took place in May, 1831. He was then in his sixteenth year. His father subsequently married again, at the happening of which event the young man carefully considered the situation and made up his mind to retire from the old home and seek his own fortune in the world. The first move he determined on for himself was to procure an education. To that end he immediately commenced attending school in the home district ; this was in the fall of 1831, &1 he continued at the same school, which was taught by three different teachers, until December, 1832, when the teacher, a Mr. William Porter, frankly admitted that the pupil was as good a scholar as the master, and recommended him to seek better Means of education elsewhere, advising him to go to Marysville and attend a school taught by his cousin, William C. Lawrence, which course he adopted ; and these are the circumstances which brought Philander B. Cole to Marysville. In the latter part of December, 1832, he called on Mr. Lawrence, tit Marysville, and found him a very courteous and affable gentleman. He said he could receive him into the school if he could recite in classes already formed, and gave him a letter to Judge Silas G. Strong recommending his admission. Mr. Strong was one of the Directors, and very readily assented to the request of Mr. Lawrence. The kind treatment that Mr. Cole received from both those gentlemen on that occasion still remains fresh in his mind as a most pleasant remembrance. So the arrangement was made and he came to Marysville and entered the school on the 7th of January, 1833. He was then past seventeen years of age. He had been very carefully taught the rudiments of education, was a good speller and reader, was quite well informed on the rules of pronunciation, and had some superficial knowledge of arithmetic, geography and English grammar. He had it passion for reading, and perused over and over again the few books that had then come in his way; and he remembered their contents, for This sketch of Judge Cole is contributed. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 17 his memory was one of the most retentive. At the he age of seventeen years, with these slender acquirements, he left home and entered in earnest upon the career of life. He entered the school of Mr. Lawrence, where he remained until the following spring, and the next summer pursued his studies in the office of his preceptor, reciting to him privately. He entered the Baptist College, at Granville, Ohio (now Dennison University), at the beginning of the spring term in 1834, and remained until the end of the school year, when, on account of ill-health-but more especially on account of lack of funds-he reluctantly abandoned the idea of obtaining a regular college education. He returned to Marysville and commenced the study of law with William C. Lawrence, and was admitted to the bar by the Court in Bane, at Columbus, Ohio, in December, 1836. "He returned to Marysville feeling elated and happy, for, notwithstanding he had no money or other valuable possessions, and was in debt over $200, incurred in prosecuting his studies, yet; he was only twenty-one years old, and had succeeded in becoming a member of the bar under the most unfavorable conditions, and had secured the respect and confidence of the best men in the community where he resided. These were the fruits of his four years' labor, and he felt he had made substantial progress in his career. "In the fall of 1838, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the county, being the Whig candidate. His competitor was John F. Kinney, since a Judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa. He was re-elected in 1840, without opposition, and defeated in 1842 for the same office by Augustus Hall, on account of a division in the Whig party. Mr. Hall had sixteen votes majority. Mr. Cole was elected again in 1844, over C. W. B. Allison. In 1844, he and W. C. Lawrence started at Marysville the Argus newspaper; it supported Mr. Clay for the Presidency. They published it for one year. In 1846, Mr. Cole resumed the publication of the Argus, and continued to publish it until the fall of 1849, when he sold out to Cornelius S. Hamilton. It was a Whig paper. " In the fall of 1850, Mr. Cole was nominated and elected Representative in the Legislature from the district composed of Union and Marion Counties. This was the last session under the old constitution. In 1851, he was re-elected for the county of Union, it being entitled to a Representative alone under the new constitution. In his second term, he received the vote of his party for Speaker , but it being in the minority, his competitor, James C Johnson, of Medina County was elected. The principal legislation of the sessions of 1850-51 related to the interest of railroads; bills authorizing counties, townships and cities to take stock consuming much of the time. Mr. Cole supported these bills, which were the' foundation of the present railroad system in the State, against strong party opposition, and drew all the laws authorizing Union County to take stock in the roads. passing through its territory. The first term tinder the new constitution was occupied in changing the laws so as to conform to its provisions, which necessitated the amendment of almost every act in the statute books. Mr. Cole took an active and leading part in the work of the body, and participated in most of its discussions. After the close of the Legislature in the spring of 1853, he turned his attention to personal and professional business, and pushed both for several years with marked success. During the Presidential canvass of 1860, he was an earnest advocate of Mr. Lincoln's election, and supported the Government when the rebellion broke out, both with purse and as a public speaker and writer, and as Chairman of the County Military Committee to raise troops. In 1864, he was a Delegate to the National Republican Convention, and supported Mr. Lincoln for President and Daniel S. Dickenson for Vice President. The Ohio delegation agreed to vote as a unit for the man having a majority of the delegates, and as Mr. Johnson had a majority of one he received the whole vote of the State. In June, 1864, Mr. Cole was a candidate for Congress, receiving the vote of Union County solid and considerable support from Marion and Morrow, but Mr. Hubbell, of Delaware, succeeded in getting the nomination. 18 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. "Mr. Odle was elected to the State Senate in 1865, Col. Ramsey, of Kenton, being his opponent. He was appointed Chairman of the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, and a member of the Standing Committees on Claims, Federal Relations and the Judiciary; and the Committee of Conference between the two Houses on the proposed, amendment to the constitution allowing the right of suffrage to colored men. He was an active and prominent member of the Senate during his term. After its close, he continued to practice his profession until 1871, when he was elected a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, which position he held for the constitutional term of five years. During his incumbency of this office, the subdistrict was composed of Union, Logan and Hardin Counties, and, the first two years, Shelby. "During his long residence in the county, he has been the steadfast friend of every enterprise kind movement which tended to promote the material and educational interests of the people, and his voice and pen have exercised a potent influence in placing the county in its present advanced condition. He was a member of and President of the School Board in 1860, when the first new school building was erected, and he has served as President of the Town Library Association since its organization. The free turnpike system of the county is much indebted to him for its existence. He has held many important private trusts, all of which he has discharged with ability and fidelity. As an advocate and speaker, he appears to the best advantage in the argument of equity cases to the court, the philosophical discussion of principles enlisting all the powers of his mind and arousing his energy and enthusiasm. He is still energetically engaged in prosecuting his private and professional business, takes the same interest in public affairs as in earlier life, and bids fair to enjoy many years to come of usefulness and activity. "Mr. Cole was married to Dolly B. Witter, daughter of David Witter, third Sheriff of Union County, on the 30th of July, 1839. They have six living children, all of whom were born in Marysville, and all now past the age of majority, as follows: "Ulysses D. Cole, residing in Rushville, Ind. He graduated at Kenyon College, Gambia, Ohio, in June, 1862. He soon after enlisted as it private in the Eighty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until discharged by reason of expiration of term of service. He re-enlisted in the same regiment upon its reorganization, and was elected First Lieutenant. In 1864, he was commissioned a Captain in the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment, Company B, which he recruited, and served until the close of the war. He studied law with his father, took a course at the Harvard law school, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He practiced law in partnership with his father one year, and removed to Huntington, Ind., where he followed his profession and owned Ind edited the Huntington Herald for nine years. In 1876, he was elected Joint Representative of Huntington and Wabash Counties to the Lower House of the Indiana Legislature. In 1880, he removed to Rushville, Ind. He was married in 1873 to Miss Ella Purviance, who died in 1876, and again, in 1880, to Miss Siddie Mauzy, of Rushville. "James B. Cole, residing in Marysville, Ohio. He graduated at West Point Military Academy in 1866, and served as Second and First Lieutenant in the Fourth United States Cavalry for five years. He resigned in 1871 and returned to Marysville, where he studied and has since practiced law. He was married in 1872 to Miss Mary McAlister, daughter of R. T. McAlister, of Union County. "Cornelia, married to Charles W. Fairbanks,* residing in Indianapolis, Ind. * The branch of the Fairbanks family residing in Union County, Ohio, is descended from one of five brothers who emigrated from wales to America at an early period. The first of the family of whom there is anything definite known is Luther Fairbanks, Sr., whose home was Pittsfield, Vt. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was captured in the attack on Quebec, and suffered great privations during his imprisonment. His son Luther was born September 10. 1780, and married Lucy Lewis, of Barnard, Vt., early in 1800. In 1833, they removed with their family to Ware Village, Mass. In the fall of 1837, they made another move, this time to the Darby Plains, Union Co., Ohio, when Mr. Fairbanks engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1842, when the death of Mrs. Fairbanks caused Page 19 - Blank Page 20 - Picture of Jehu Gray PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 21 She graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan Female Seminary in 1872, and was married to Charles W. Fairbanks in 1874. "Edward E. Cole, residing in Marysville, Ohio. He graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, in the class of 1874: studied law, and has since practiced in Marysville. " Jessie F. Cole, residing at Marysville, was educated at Western Female Seminary, Oxford, Ohio; and Dollie E. Cole, residing at Marysville, who was educated at Monnett Hall, Delaware, Ohio, and the Cincinnati College of Music." James Turner, Judge of the Probate Court of Union County, died at Marysville while holding that office, December 26, 1859. He was a' native of York County, Penn., and came with his father to Ohio about 1816, settling in Clark County. The Judge removed to Marysville ill 1834, and continued a resident of the place until his death. He was almost constantly in office during his residence in Marysville ; was Justice of the Peace many years, County Clerk several years, the first Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas after the adoption of the new State Constitution, and at the expiration of his term was chosen Probate Judge, which position he held until his death. He was a man greatly esteemed for his excellent qualities, and stood very high in the community in which he lived. Rev. James Ryan, who died at Marysville, March 14, 1868, aged nearly seventy-seven years thus wrote of himself in 1856: "James Ryan was born July 27, A. D. 1791; joined the M. E. Church August 13, 1813 ; converted August 26, 1817, and received a greater blessing of love November 7, 1827. Received license to exhort in 1826; license to preach in September, 1832. Traveled Randolph Circuit three-fourths of the conference year, and in 1833-34 traveled all the conference year. Moved to Ohio in 1836, and settled in Union County, and here I expect to live out my days. * * * " Mr. Ryan acted as a lay minister in the M. E. Church after coming to Union County; was ordained Deacon by Bishop R. R. Roberts, at Urbana August 29, 1849, and Elder at Columbus, by E. S. Jones, in September, 1847. "In connection with Rev. Ebenezer Mathers, he organized the first Methodist society on Dun's Ran, now called Mt. Hermon. The first class was composed of thirteen members. They met first in a private house, then the schoolhouse, and about twenty-nine years ago [1839] in the Mt. Hermon Church, which they built. Within six months, the old church has been evacuated and the society has resolved itself into two churches. The one at Dover is now [March, 1868] worshiping in a new house, and the other at Bonnet's is preparing to build. The thirteen have increased to 200, and many have gone to the Better Land, (2) " James M. Wilkinson died at his home in Ulysses, Butler County, Neb., March 25, 1882, aged nearly seventy-five years. He was born June 21, 1807, at him to break up housekeeping and return, In 1843, to Massachusetts, where he remained twelve years, returning to Union County in 1855 where he remained until the time of his death, residing with his youngest son, Lorreston M. Fairbanks, at his residence near Unionville Center, Union Co., Ohio. The death of Luther Fairbanks occurred October21,1817. His family consisted of five sons and four daughters, the eldest of whom, Lewis Fairbanks, was the first of the name to mottle in Union County. He emigrated from Barnard, Vt., in 1833, married Lavinia Tucker, and set tied on the Darby Plains, where he pursued the trade of clothier and also on in farming until 1843, then removed to Madison County, Ohio. he resided here until 1870, dying at there of his daughter, Lucy Ewing. One child survives him, Joel Fairbanks, residing in Madison County, Ohio. Lorreston M. Fairbanks, the youngest son of Luther. was born at Barnard, Vt., in 1824, and fit 1837 came with his father to Union County, where, saving two years' absence (1842-44), he has since resided, prominently connected with the improvements in his county a. Interested In the politics of his State. January 1, 1846, he married Mary Adelaide Smith, who was born In Now York State to 1829. Mr. Fairbanks was engaged in carriage manufacturing at Homer, Ohio, for live years after his marriage. when ill health compelled him to abandon the business and engage in farming on hie land near Unionville Center, Union Co., Ohio, where his home still is. He is at this time (December, 1882) absent In the West, where he to extensively engaged in farming. stock-raising and the grain business. The living family of L. M. Fairbanks consists of his wife and seven children, five sons and two daughters, all of whom are grown with the exception of the young. est son. The eldest son, Charles W. Fairbanks, resides in Indianapolis. Ind. He is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and of the law school at Cleveland, Ohio. He to prominently connected with the railroad, business, being General Attorney of the I. B. & W. system, attorney for the bondholders of the Danville & Olney road, and counsel for many other corporations. He owns a large tract of the richest farming land in Central Illinois. The second son, Luther M., has been for several years connected with railroad business, but of late he has been largely engaged in speculating in coal and timber lands in Virginia. He also carries on an extensive grain business at Mansfield, Illinois. The third son, William D., is engaged in farming at Blue Ridge, Illinois. The fourth son, Newton H., is a student at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. The elder daughter, Jennie, is a student at Monnett Hall, Delaware. The youngest daughter, Nellie M., and youngest son, Henry S., are at home with their parents. (2) Obituary in Marysville Tribune. 22 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Penn., and about 1821 removed to Waterloo, Seneca County, N. Y., where he married Laura R. Kinney, daughter of Dr. S. F. Kinney, who was long a resident of Marysville. In October, 1836, Mr. Wilkinson came to Marysville to reside. He was a carpenter by trade, and his first work here was to finish the interior of the court house, then being built: He was a fine workman. He held the office of Justice of the Peace several years, and was in all respects an exemplary and honored citizen. In 1857, he removed to Nebraska, in which State he died. While a resident of Butler County, in said State, he was elected to the position of Probate Judge. Reuben L. Partridge was born September 10, 1823, in Essex County, N. Y., among the Adirondack Mountains, and in 1833, came with his father and family to Ohio, mid settled near Worthington, Franklin County. His father, Cyrus Partridge, died in 1836, and the widow removed with her children the same year to Marysville, and made her home with her oldest son (by a former marriage), Rowland Lee. He was a wagon-maker, and had resided in Marysville a few years before the rest of the family arrived, which was on the 28th of April, 1836. The town had then about 100 inhabitants. The Presbyterians had the only church in town, and that had not yet been supplied with seats, the congregation using benches made of slabs. The Methodists were using the old frame court house, on the south side of Center street, and occasional meetings were held by other denominations in the same building. The present depot grounds were covered with timber, which extended northward nearly to Center street, and Mr. Partridge states that he has shot squirrels out of the trees where the depot grounds now are. Mr. Partridge learned the Wagon and carriage maker's trade of his half brother, Mr. Lee, and remained with him eight and a half years. He worked one year as a journeyman in that business, and then commenced taking contracts in the carpenter and joiner line, which he has followed more or less since. He took the contract and built the first self-supporting bridge in the county, in 1855, and has built about 125 bridges in Union and adjoining counties since that time, of all forms and sizes, of wood and iron, at an average cost of nearly $500. He took out a patent on high truss bridges in 1872, and the large class of bridges has been built principally under that patent. Mr. Partridge has constructed seven-eighths of all the bridges in Union County, as he himself states. His brother, Rowland Lee, removed from Marysville to Indiana, and died at Columbia City, Whitley County, in that State, about 1878-79. Rodney Picket, born in New Berne, N. C., in 1800, was the son of a sea captain, who was lost at sea. The widow subsequently married again and removed to Connecticut, but died a few weeks later. The boy had no settled home for some time, but was finally taken as an apprentice to the tanning and shoe-making business, at which he served until he was twenty-one years of age. In 1837, he removed to Marysville and engaged in tanning, afterward entering mercantile business. He was a man of excellent business capacity, and, had he lived, would doubtless have accumulated a large property. His death occurred September 18, 1852. Thomas Turner, a native of Maryland, removed with his parents to Ohio about 1816-18, and settled in Clark County. At the age of twenty-one years; while yet a resident of that county, he married Diana McMullin, who died before his removal to Union County. He came to Marysville in the spring of 1838, and in 1840 was married to Jane Teas. Mr. Turner was a blacksmith by trade, and worked at blacksmithing and wagon-making during his residence here. He died October 13, 1868 ; his widow is still living in Marysville. Her father, Samuel Teas, from Nova Scotia, came to Ohio with his wife and two children, about 1802, and located in Chillicothe. He afterward took up his residence in Greene County, and in 1834 removed to Union County, and settled in Paris Township, about half way between Marysville and Milford. He wall a carpenter by trade. In the spring of 1837, he located in Marysville, where he died in 1843, aged PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 23 seventy-four years; his wife died in 1847. His daughter, Mrs. Turner, is the only survivor of the family, and was born near Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. Samuel A. Cherry, from Oswego County, N. Y., came to Union County, Ohio, with his wife, in May, 1839, locating at Marysville, and opening a tailor shop in a small one-story frame building which stood on the south side of East Center street, west of the alley, where F. H. & W. Otte now have their tailoring establishment. In this Mr. Cherry had his shop and his residence, and in it, also, his brother, George W. Cherry, who had settled in the place a year or two previously, was carrying on the grocery business. The latter is now a resident of Baltimore, Md. W. H. & J. W. Frank were at the same time proprietors of a cabinet shop which was located. in the old frame court house, on the opposite (east) side of the alley. S. A. Cherry continued most of the time to work at the tailor's trade until about 1863-64. He had been somewhat interested in the saw mill business, and had a mill north of where the fair ground now is. In the fall of 1865, he engaged exclusively in milling, operating a mill in the north part of the town were Thompson's saw-mill now is. He sold out to Miller & Snodgrass, who in turn disposed of the establishment to Moses Thompson, the present proprietor. In 1874, after working with a portable mill in various localities, in company with J. Smith Alexander, they located on the ground at the foot of Main street, near the railroad, where Mr. Cherry's mill now is, and continued together for a time. Mr. Cherry is now conducting the business alone, employing four or five hands at the mill, besides others engaged in hauling timber for him. He works entirely in hard lumber, cutting shafts, felloe-strips, cross-bars, etc., but not bending them, and ships mostly to Columbus; he fills occasional orders from Dayton, Miamisburg, Erie, Penn., New Haven and North Haven, Conn., and other places. He has shipped as many as seventy-five, car loads in a year. The mill is run by a twenty-five horsepower steam engine. William Steele was a young man who was raised in the family of Silas G. Strong, and succeeded the latter as Postmaster at Marysville. He was also elected Sheriff of Union County, and during his term of office succeeded in breaking up a gang of counterfeiters which included in its membership several of the prominent citizens of the town and county. It was thought by some that the spurious money was obtained in Cincinnati and placed in circulation by this combination of sharpers. Mr. Steels finally moved to Hancock County, Ill., and was placed in office by the citizens of that county. He had settled in Marysville about 1832-34. Dr. S. F. Kinney located at Marysville, with his family, in 1839, when Union County was thinly populated. His death occurred May 31, 1872, when he had reached the age of eighty-three years. His wife, Roxanna Kinney, died January 23, 1874, aged over eighty years. She was born in the State of Rhode Island, but removed with her father's family to New York, where she was married to Dr. Kinney. Both were highly esteemed citizens of the town of their adoption. William C. Malin, a native of Urbana, Champaign Co., Ohio, served an apprenticeship in that place in the business of saddlery and harness-making, and on the 19th of March, 1840, came to Marysville and worked as a journeyman for Evans & Jennings, who he thinks owned the only harness shop then in the village. He soon after bought out James W. Evans and became a partner with A. C. Jennings, of the old firm. Evans removed to Kansas. Jennings remained here three of four years, finally going to the city of New York and entering into partnership with his brother in the sale of manufactured straw goods. He is now a resident of Champaign County, Ohio Mr. Malin still resides in Marysville, and since his arrival, over forty years ago, has been engaged in the same line of business, not relinquishing it while serving as Sheriff of the county from 1850-54. At the date of his settlement in the town, it contained, according to his recollection, two mercantile establishments, one cabinet shop, by William H. Frank, two blacksmith shops, by William Campbell and Thomas Turner (Alexander Bates also had a 24 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. blacksmith shop in the place, but moved to Indiana a few days after Mr. Malin's arrival), two tan-yards-one owned and operated by Rodney Picket, just back of where W. E. Baxter's jewelry store now is on West Center street, and the other by Ransom Clark, in the northwest part of the village; one wagon shop, by Rowland Lee, in the eastern part of town; two physicians, Carl and Hosford; two hotels-the "Union Hall" (now American), by Chester Farnum, and another by Henry Kezartee, where the Continental now stands. The latter was the front part of the present hotel, and had been standing several years. It was, possibly, built by Henry Kezartee, now of York Township. Samuel Cherry, Leonard Geer (a German,) and Harvey Criswell were working at tailoring; the last-named person is now living at Kenton, Hardin County. Mr. Hughes, of the former firm of Hare & Hughes, dissolved in December, 1839, was still carrying on the hat business, his shop being where the Farmers' Bank now stands, at the southwest corner of the public square. Hughes was a very small man, and was familiarly known as "Banta." His partner, Mr. Hare, removed to West Jefferson, Franklin Co., Ohio, and thither Mr. Hughes subsequently followed him. Forman Caret was later engaged in the hat business at Marysville. That occupation was profitable in those days, as most of the bats worn in the locality were manufactured either here or in neighboring shops. In 1840-the year of the Harrison campaign-many of the farmers converted coon-skins into head gear. When Mr. Malin came, a man named Churchill was either keeping tavern or had been engaged in that business, on a lot in the cast part of town now occupied by James Field. The building was never completed, and rotted down. Mr. Malin's first wife was a daughter of Dr. S. F. Kinney and a niece of Silas G. Strong Jacob Slicer, from Pennsylvania, who came to Marysville previous to 1840, was the father-in-law of William 11. Frank and Adam Wolford, Jr. His home was in a log house on the corner southwest of the Congregational Church, near the present residence of J. H. Kinkade. He lived many years in the town, and is now deceased. Samuel Johnson settled in Marysville some time before 1840, and became a prominent citizen. He held the position of Justice of the Peace, owned property in town and two farms in the vicinity. He is now deceased. Jacob Catro, a bachelor, with all the eccentricities ascribed to the class, was at one time a resident of Marysville, and boarded with Chester Farnum, proprietor of the Union Hall, now the American Hotel. He was a brother-in-law of Levi Longbrake. W. T. Brophy, a tailor by trade, came from Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and located in Marysville about 1841-42. He could find no rooms in which to setup a shop, and S. A. Cherry gave him shop room, thereby making of him a warm. friend. He died about 1851-52, and his widow, who was his second wife, is now the second wife of Taber Randall, living in Marysville. John G. Zwerner, who died at Marysville February 7, 1882, aged sixty-one years, had resided in the town over forty years, and was an esteemed citizen. John Cassil was born in Washington County, Penn., February 19, 1803, and when very small removed with his parents to Jefferson County, Ohio, locating near Steubenville. There he grew to man's estate, and on the 17th of April, 1825, married Drusilla Gladden, with whom he removed to Greene County, Ohio, in April, 1832, remaining one year. In April, 1833, he came with his wife and four children to Union County, settling on the Darby Plains, probably in Darby Township, and remaining in that locality about two years. One child had died in Greene County before the family removed to Union. In April, 1842, they settled at Marysville. Mr. Cassil owned the printing establishment at this place, and was for several years engaged in the newspaper publishing business. He was chosen to fill numerous offices, among others that of Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, from 1839 to 1842. He owned at one time considerable property in Marysville and the surrounding region, and was always greatly interested PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 25 in matters looking toward public improvements. "The Cassil Block," which was destroyed by fire a number of years since, was built by him and stood on the northwest side of the public square. It was the first three-story brick building erected in the county. Mr. Cassil lost much of his property when the railroad was built through Marysville. He was a steadfast supporter of the temperance cause, and was for many years a highly respected and honored citizen of the town. He died June 15, 1869, near Carthage, Jasper Co., Mo., while on a visit to his son settling him on a farm in that vicinity. The son died four years later; the remains of both lie in the cemetery at Marysville. The lot on which the new court house stands was purchased of Mrs. Cassil, after the decease of her husband. When the family took up its abode in Marysville, the village had a population of some thing over 300. The southeast corner of Main and Mathiot streets, where Mrs. now lives, was then in the thick woods; the corner next north of it had then a small house erected upon it, and on that lot Judge Cole lived at one time. The first two fairs of the agricultural society were held in the old court house yard, Mrs. Cassil states, and after that for a time in the timber south of Mathiot As fairs were something which many of the inhabitants had never before seen, they scarcely knew how to conduct themselves when in attendance upon them, and, deeming the articles on exhibition were for free distribution, helped themselves accordingly. One man exhibited a large cheese at one of the fairs, and people helped themselves to generous portions thereof. Finally, seeing that it would all be sliced tip and carried away if he left it any longer, the gentleman took it to Mr. Cassil's and presented it to him and his family. Mr. Cassil's daughter, Martha Emily, Dow residing with her mother at Marysville, was born in the village, July 6, 1842, being the first child born to her parents after their settlement here. James Kinkade, a native of the "pan-handle " in West Virginia, settled in Marysville about 1841, and on the 3d of June, 1845, married Hannah Cassil, oldest daughter of Judge Cassil - and wife. He was for many years engaged in the mercantile business here, being associated twenty-five years with Philip Snider. By reason of declining health, he removed to a farm, upon which the last four years of his life were spent. His death occurred October 31, 1877. His son, J. H. Kinkade, is the present Mayor of Marysville. William M. Robinson, known familiarly to almost everybody in the town as "Uncle Billy," has been a stanch citizen thereof for many years, and is one of the oldest native born residents of the counly. He was born on his father's old farm in Darby Township, in 1808, and was at the time considerable of a curiosity, from being the only boy in the neighborhood. He married Hannah F. Crawford, in 1829, rented a farm, and stocked it with twenty-five dairy cows, and made and sold butter and cheese at 5 to 7 cents a pound. Fat hogs were then worth from $1 to $1.50 per 100 pounds, and calves, when weaned, from 75 cents to $1 each. In it few years, he bought 125 acres of land, in the woods, for which he paid $2 an acre; a few years later he purchased the old homestead of his father, and moved. upon it in the spring of 1835. In 1837, he was elected Justice of the Peace, in Darby Township ; in 1844, the electors of the county made him Sheriff, and he removed that year to Marysville, where he purchased a small property. He returned to Darby Township in 1849, but was elected County Recorder in 1852, sold the old farm, purchased land adjoining Marysville (including that on which Robinson's addition has since been laid out), and after his term as Recorder expired, engaged in the grocery and provision business in this place. He figured in railroad building speculations, but did not find it paying occupation. He was agent for different fire insurance companies for more than a quarter of a century. He raised a family of seven children-four sons and three daughters ; of these three sons are engaged in business in Kansas, and the others reside in Marysville. During his residence here Mr. Robinson has been Mayor of the town. for a long time Justice of the Peace, and has held the chair of President of the County Pio- 26 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. neer Society since its organization. His wife died in June, 1881, after sharing life with him over fifty-two years. James and Samuel Robinson, from the region bordering on the Susquehanna River, in York County, Penn., visited Tennessee, in the winter of 1799-1800, looking for land; there they met Lucas Sullivint, who told them that if they would come with him to the Territory of Ohio, he would put them in the way of purchasing some fine land. They accepted his invitation, came with him to what is now Union County, and purchased of him 600 acres lying on the northeast bank of Darby Creek, in what is now Darby Township. The purchase was made in the name of Samuel Robinson, who was the elder of the two. Neither was then married. James Robinson was not entirely satisfied with his part of the purchase-the north 300 acres, as it had no bottom land; he sold it to his father, James Robinson, Sr., and bought 300 acres adjoining on the north, which included some bottom. land. His father never came West, but gave the property to his other sons, Thomas and John, the former moving out in 1805, and the latter in 1810. James Robinson, after making his purchase, returned, in 1801, to Pennsylvania, married, and in 1805, made the journey through from the old home in Pennsylvania to the new one in Ohio, with his wife, one child, an adopted child, and his brothers Thomas and Samuel. The latter stopped at Columbus, where he was subsequently married, and did not settle on his land until 1808; he raised a large family and died on the place. The party who came through in 1805 made the journey with a fourhorse team, having in places to cut their road for a considerable distance. Mrs. James Robinson was the only. woman in the party. Samuel and James had mad(! their first trip to the neighborhood on horseback. In the spring of 1806, a daughter was horn in James Robinson's family, and she became the wire of Stephenson Carry, and mother of Col. William L. Curry, present County Auditor. Her brother, William .M. Robinson, was born in April, 1808, as before stated. Philip Snider, from Lancaster County, Penn., came to Union County, Ohio, with his father, Peter Snider, May 1, 1833, the family locating in Darby Township. The elder gentleman died in 1864 at St. Louis, Mo., where he was then living. Philip Snider removed to Marysville in 1846, engaged in the butchering and meat business, and in the fall of the same year was elected Sheriff, when he relinquished other business to attend to the duties of his office. His home has since that time been in Marysville. In 1849, he purchased the interest of G. A. Cassil in the dry goods business, and took his place as partner with James Kinkade, Jr., this partnership continuing from January, 1849, until August, 1873, when Mr. Snider bought his partner's interest and has since conducted the business alone. The first location of the store was where MeCampbell's shoe shop now is, a little north of the public square, on the west side of Main street, in the Cassil Block. The old firm, Cassil & Kinkade, who had been in business a year or two, purchased the store of James S. Alexander, whose location was near the same site. The latter is now a resident of Rushsylvania, Logan Co., Ohio. Mr. Snider, who was about fifteen years old when he came to the county, says there was no improvement on the Loudon road between his father's farm and Marysville a distance of three miles. The village amounted to very little at that date. In 1850, Mr. Snider leased from Joshua Mathiot the land south of Mathiot street, then in the woods, fenced it in and held it about two years, when the property was sold by Mathiot's administrators. At this sale, Mr. Snider purchased three lots on South Main street. now owned by Mrs. T. M. Winget. at a very low figure. The first tavern in Marysville, kept by Matthias Collins, was a log building which stood north of the public square, on the west side of Main street. about where Philip Snider's store now is. Collins lived afterward about four miles north of Marysville, and remained many years in the neighborhood; he finally sold out and went West. His brother-in-lawpossibly, kept the old tavern after Collins went out of it. Among the proprietors of the old American Hotel. known by several names at different times were Chester Farnum, Norman Chipman and Bill Welsh. The old hotel sign-post stood near the center of the public square. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 27 At the time Henry Kezartee was keeping the hotel now known as the Continental, a blind man named James Ward, commonly called "Blind Jimmie," kept a tavern on the opposite (north) side of the street, and Mr. Snider remembers that he was keeping there in 1837, or earlier. His was a log building, weather boarded, and the institution was more of a liquor shop than a hotel. Ward was never known to be cheated on silver money; he would feel of the coin and bite it, and determine accurately in that way whether it was genuine or counterfeit. Stephen McLain, several times mentioned, lived in the one-story frame house which is now standing opposite the store of Philip Snider. About 1834, before the second court house was built, the trial of a man named David Thornton was held in the Presbyterian Church. Thornton had shot and killed a man named Wilmoth, and was sent to the penitentiary. He was pardoned a few years later on a petition from the citizens. Both men lived in Marysville at the time of the murder. John B. Coats, Sr., father of Judge John B. Coats, of Marysville, was born December 25,1785, in Guilford, Windham Co., Vt. He spent a few years in Northern and Central New York, and in 1849 came to Ohio with his son. He resided in Delaware and Union Counties until his death, which occurred at Marysville March 24, 1866, when he had passed the age of eighty years. In 1832, three years after the American Hotel was erected, a man who was always known as Robson L. Broome came to Marysville and engaged board at said hotel. He continued a guest of that house until his death, which took place in the early part of 1875. He amassed property to the amount of $50,000 or $60,000, and after his death there was much litigation concerning it. Broome was a mysterious and eccentric character, and was thought to have lived under different aliases during the years previous to his settlement in Marysville. He was over eighty years of age when, he died, and will be remembered as one of the"characters" of the town. The mystery concerning him has not yet been cleared up, although numerous parties have endeavored to establish claims to his property. Col. Noah Orr, the "Union County Giant," died at Marysville July 1, 1882, and his funeral services were conducted by the Knights of Pythias, of which order he was a member. He was a respected citizen and a genial companion. He had a wide acquaintance throughout the country, having traveled with various exhibitions for fifteen or twenty years. When in good flesh, he weighed 550 pounds, was perfectly formed, handsome in features, and as active as a man of 200 pounds weight. He was for a time with Barnum's New York Museum, but later with the "Lilliputian Company," in which he was employed as a contrast to the midgets. As active labor was impossible for him, he earned a good support for himself and family by exhibiting his massive proportions over the land, and was everywhere admired. He delighted to relate his experiences in traveling. He was a member, also, of the Masonic fraternity and the Improved Order of Red Men. His final illness was of about three months' duration, and death ensued only after he had been subjected to severe suffering, Joseph Newlove died at the residence of his son Garrison, this county, on the 30th day of December, 1882. Mr. Newlove was born in Wold Newton, England, October 18, 1806, came to this country with his parents, Joseph and Ann, settled in Clark County, 1821, and was married to Miss Martha Carter by Rev. S. Hinkle on the 6th day of December, 1827. They lived happily together for over fifty-three years, and had eight children, two of which died in infancy, and Mrs. Newlove, Martha, his wife, died December 13, 1880, leaving six children, four sons and two daughters, to mourn their loss. The deceased came with his family to Union County in 1849 and settled on Boke's Creek, Leesburg Township, and in 1853 was elected County Auditor and moved with his family to Marysville, where he remained a resident until his death. He was seventy-six years two months and twenty days old when he died. The deceased was a kind husband, an affectionate father and an honest, conscientious and honorable man. He was esteemed 28 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. by all who became acquainted with him as a very clear head, pare in all his motives and was trusted with public business. He served as County Auditor eight years, gave full satisfaction to the people of the county, and the records he made during his term of office stand as a model for those who may follow him in that office, and since he retired from the Auditor's office he had been cashier of a bank up to death.* A. F. Wilkins, from Ballston, Saratoga Co., N. Y., came, when a young man, to Union County, Ohio, with his parents, in 1836; the family settled in York Township. In 1854, he was elected County Surveyor, and removed to Marysville, the better to look after the duties of the office. He was married in 1844 to Harriet Jane Stuart, also a native of Saratoga County, N. Y. Her father had removed to Union County, Ohio, in 1835, and settled in Liberty Township. In the fall of 1858, Mr. Wilkins rented the American Hotel and conducted it two years ; then for a year he was out of it, and at the end of that time purchased the building and carried on the hotel until the winter of 1874-75. He made many improvements in the house, and was a popular landlord. He was Justice of the Pence for many years, and for two years was Deputy County Treasurer and Treasurer, to fill out the unexpired term of D. D. Welsh, deceased. Mr. Wilkins died in the winter of 1875 76, and his widow and children are still living in Marysville. The only daughter is the wife of Col. A. B. Robinson , present Representative in the Legislature from Union County. Robert Graham, who died at Marysville on the 4th of February, 1882, had come to Ohio with his parents about 1815, when only six years of age. His father died when the son was thirteen years old, and the latter removed, with the family, to Union County, locating in Mill Creek Township, in which he married Judith Bell, when he was twenty-one years old. He removed to Marysville about 1867-68. His wife died in 1869, and in 1870 he married Mary J. Williams, who survived him. Mr. Graham was seventy-three years of age at the time of his death. By the tax duplicate of 1825, prepared by Stephen McLain, Assessor for Union County, the following are shown as owners of lots in Marysville, at that time: James Bell, Samuel W. Culbertson, Matthias Collins, P. Lanphere, D. Witter, Thomas Collins, David Comer, George Harris, Rollin Harvey, Joseph S. Conklin, John N. Conklin. Leonard Kirkwood. Philip Jarbo, John Leeper., Stephen McLain, John McLain, David Miller, Hezekiah Bates, Levi Phelps, Daniel Miller, Thom" Osborn, Silas G. Strong, Joseph Stewart's heirs, Thomas F. Woods, Amos A. Willisms. In 1831, the following names appear: Hezekiah Bates, William Campbell, David Comer's heirs, Matthias Collins, Thomas Collins, John N. Conklin (spelled Conkelon on the duplicate), Joseph N. Conklin, Newton Hicks, George Hari-is, Samuel B. Johnson, Philip Jarbo, Joseph Kiger, Pierce Lanphere, John Leeper, Cyprian Lee, Stephen McLain, John R. McLain, Daniel Miller, Joshua Mathiot, Thomas Osborn Levi Phelps, Alexander Pollock, Silas G. Strong, Joseph Stewart, George Snodgrass, Thomas Snodgrass, Enos Wood, David Witter, Amos A. Williams, Adam Wolford, Ira Wood. In 1840, the number was considerably greater, as follows: N. and J. Adamson, Joshua Antrim (not in the county), James S. Alexander, William Alexander, Jacob Bouser, Hezekiah Bates, R. L. Broome (first appears on duplicate in 1834), William Campbell, Ransom Clark, Levi Churchill, Matthias Collins, Dennis Collins, Elijah Collins, Philander B. Cole, Otway Curry, Dr. Jeremiah Curl, William A. Denton (non-resident), James W. Evans, Heman Ferris, William Gregg, Christian Gowl, Sidney Gilbert, Joshua Gore (non-resident), James January, Samuel B. Johnson, Henry Kezartee, Benjamin F. Kelsey, Cyprian Lee, William C. Lawrence, Lee & Wasson, Stephen McLain, John R. McLain's heirs, Elizabeth Miller Joshua Mathiot (non-resident), Rodney Picket, William 31. Page, Alexander Pollock, Levi * From obituary notice in Marysville paper. Page 29 Picture of Lorenzo Cheney Page 30 Blank PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 31 Phelps, William Ross, Elisha Reynolds, William Snodgrass, David Sprague, Silas G. Strong, Peyton B. Smith, William Steele, William B. Spears, William Said, James Taylor (nonresident), Robert Thornton, Calvin Winget's heirs, Mains Wasson, William W. Woods, Ira Wood's heirs, James; Ward, Adam Wolford, David Wells, David Witter, Felix G. Wingfield. MARYSVILLE IN 1837. The "Ohio Gazetteer," published at Columbus, in 1837, contained the following regarding this town : "Marysville, a small post town and seat of justice for Union County. It is situated on the south bank of Mill Creek, in Paris Township, about sixteen miles from Delaware, thirty northwest from Columbus, thirty northerly from London, twenty-four northeast from Urbana and twenty southeast of Bellefontaine ; north latitude 40' 17', west longitude 6' 24'. It is situated on the western side of the Virginia Military Survey, No. 3351, which was surveyed for Edward Dowse and patented to Stephens T. Mason, of Loudoun County, Va,, and that third part thereof, on which the town is laid out, was subsequently transferred to Samuel W. Culbertson, Esq., of Zanesville, who had the town surveyed. It contains a brick court house and a jail, forty-five dwelling houses, one tavern, three stores, one practicing physician, two attorneys and about 250 inhabitants." From a copy of the first newspaper published in Union County-Our Freedam and Union County Advertiser-dated March 22, 1839, several interesting items have been taken. The "Marysville Lyceum" was then in existence, and the question for discussion at its meeting Saturday evening, March 23, 1839, was: "Resolved, that the course pursued by the Government of the United States toward the aborigines of this country has been and is unjust, and in violation of their natural and civil rights." Henry Kezartee advertised that he would pay the highest price for oats. Levi Churchill, Jr., had for sale two inlots in Marysville, with a large two-story frame house and a stable. Stephen McLain advertised a cabinet shop for sale," in this manner: "The subscriber offers for sale a lot of ground in the town of Marysville, situated on Main street, three lots from the public square, with a shop suitable for carrying on the cabinet or chair making business. Said shop is furnished with three good turning lathes and a quantity of tools. Two of said lathes are operated upon by horse-power. N. B. There is but one shop in operation in this place, so that the situation is a good one." Mr. McLain removed, previous to March, 1840, to Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. W. H. & J. W. Frank owned the other cabinet shop, formerly occupied by Calvin Winget. The copartnership previously existing between Harvey Criswell and Joshua Antrim, tailors, had been dissolved March 4, 1839. W. W. Woods, proprietor of the "cheap cash store," sold all sorts of merchandise, including pork and B. B. Clark's family medicines. Ward, Snodgrass & Co., at the "new cash store," advertised a general stock under date of February 8, 1839. Their establishment was on the northwest corner of the public square, where McCloud's drug store now is; they sold out to J. S. Alexander and the latter to Cassil & Kinkade. Hall & Kinney, and William C. Lawrence, attorneys and counselors at law, occupied offices in the court house. Joshua Gore was proprietor of a "new cash store" on Main street, "in Mr. Pollock's new building," and offered to take Manhattan money at par for all kinds of goods. William and A. S. Tharp had dissolved partnership. Union Hall, now the American Hotel, was then kept by Cheater Farnum, and was a well-known and popular stand. It had been recently refitted, and Mr. Farnum advertised that he kept a good table, a good bar and good stock, and the bills were moderate. The property was offered for sale March 26, 1839, by its owner, Peter Igou, of Urbana; Mr. Farnum was still occupying it. P. B. Cole, attorney at law, had his office one door north of W. W. Woods' store. 32 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. In the same paper, of date July 17, 1839, David Reed offered a farm of 115 acres, in Allen Township,. for sale. April 25, 1839, Hare & Hughes began working at the hat business in Marysville, on the southwest comer of the public square," directly opposite W. W. Woods' store." Samuel A. Cherry announced (date of advertisement, June 6, 1839) that he had begun the tailoring business in a shop immediately opposite the court house. In the Union Star, dated December 20, 1839, it is noticed that Dr. M. Wood had an office on the southeast side of the public square, one door north of McIlvain & Harriott's. He died sometime during that winter. Dr. J. Curl's office was on Main street, east of the court house, and Dr. Sewall Hosford, a reform botanical physician, was also a resident of the village. Carl and Hosford had both located in Marysville in the fall of 1839. Hare & Hughes and McIlvain & Harriott, two firms of batters, dissolved partnership, the former in December, and the latter in November, 1839. Hughes continued at the business. In March, 1842, there was not a hatter in the whole county, and the citizens of Marysville were anxious to have one locate in their midst. J. S. Alexander and L. P. Sturdevant announced in the issue of February 5, 1841, that they had bought the stock of James L. Ward, opposite the brick hotel, and were continuing the business. A. O. Jennings and W. C. Malin were partners in the saddle and harness making business, at the old stand of Evans & Jennings, which firm had dissolved. Jackson G. Sprague, at his shop in the old court house, made and kept on band wheels, reels, chairs, bedsteads, sash, etc. He afterward removed to Illinois. Otway Curry, attorney at law, opened an office in the town in 1840. Under date of January 28, 1841, is found the following: Military alarm! All those who have muskets in their possession belonging to the Light Infantry Company in Marysville are required to deposit them with Major James M. Wilkinson forthwith, by order of Major General Bond." In July, 1859, a census of Marysville, taken by Thomas Snodgrass and Smith Alexander, showed the place to have a population of 981-forty less than in the previous December. In August, 1865, the place contained six dry goods stores, one hardware store, nine or ten groceries, a mill, a woolen factory, and most of the trades and professions. It had gained much in the previous five or six years, and at that time began to improve rapidly. In August, 1877, when excavations were being made for the foundation of the new city hall, the workmen unearthed an old tan vat. Its existence there was a mystery, until filially George Snodgrass, Sr., remembered that about fifty or fifty one years before, a man named Kirkwood came to the place and put down two or three vats with the view of entering into the tanning business here. The overseers of the poor seemed to be afraid the man would become a charge on their hands, and warned him to leave the town ; this so incensed him that he soon afterward became insane, and his death occurred at a little later period. When the old vats were brought to light after the lapse of half a century, the planks in them were as sound as on the day they were sunk. Ali old well was also discovered at the same time the vats were found, and it became necessary to turn an arch. over it in the wall of the city hall foundation. There was also an old cellar, filled up with bricks, chips, earth, etc. THE MARYSVILLE POST OFFICE. It is not definitely known by the oldest citizens of the town when the office was established, but it must have been very soon after the place was made the county seat, as Silas G. Strong was Postmaster in February, 1824, and had been a short time in office previous to that date. He was doubtless the first incumbent, and continued in the position until 1839 or later. He was succeeded by William Steele, who held the office but a short time. George W. Cherry, whose name appears January 1, 1841, succeeded Steele, and early in 1847 turned the office over to John Cassil, his successor. January 1, 1851, the name of W. H. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 33 Frank appears in the list, and he was succeeded by W. M. Smith on the 1st of November, 1853. The next incumbent was W. P. Anderson, who took the office in 1861. He was succeeded by C. Turner, in or previous to 1864. Early in 1865, David Edwards was appointed, but in March, 1867, he resigned and Alvin Thompson was appointed. Dwight Webb, the present incumbent, succeeded Thompson, February 1, 1880. The following entries are found in the back part of the Union County tax duplicate for 1837: "January 4, 1838.-Peyton B. Smith moved into my house on part of Inlot No. 51, in Marysville, for which, and the use of Inlot No. 62, in Marysville, the said Smith agrees to pay me $4.371 per month rent, the same to be paid monthly. A. POLLOCK." "October 8, 1838. Mr. William Thorp: Please to pay Alexander Pollock $5.07 and take your pay out of the undivided flour of P. B. Smith. "SAMUEL BRADFORD." In the winter of 1850-51, a steam saw-mill was erected by Joseph Paxton, in the northeast part of town. In September, 1876, the present iron bridge over Mill Creek, north of town, was built. Early in January, 1859, A. Ream took charge of the "Union House," now known as the Continental. P. S. Ream was the owner. It was afterward known as the St. Clair House, and in the winter of 1376-77 was raised a story higher and a mansard roof put on by its proprietor, William S. Smith. The name was then changed to Continental Hotel. Smith rented the building to Harry Sheridan, in June, 1877, and the latter conducted it until December, 1882, when Mr. Smith again assumed charge. FIRST CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF JULY IN MARYSVILLE. An article in the Marysville Tribune of July 10, 1878, contains the following account of the first celebration of the anniversary of the independence of the United States in this place: "The first Fourth of July ever celebrated in Marysville was in 1828. The surrounding country at that time was a wilderness indeed, and Marysville was an insignificant point with apparently no future other than an obscure village. There were only seven families residing in it, viz.: Silas G. Strong, George Snodgrass, Stephen McLain, George Winters, Daniel Miller, Newton Hicks and a Widow Kiger-making with their families a population of about twenty. It was customary in all Fourth of July celebrations in almost every part of the country to got up a big dinner, and all who could raise enough money to pay considered it a patriotic duty to partake. Uncle George Snodgrass and Aunt Hannah, who were married the February before, got up the dinner for this pioneer celebration. The place where it was served was in the woods on the next lot west of that on which Judge Woods' residence stands, and on the Spot where the Judge has his grape arbor. Silas G. Strong owned the lot on which Mr. Woods' residence is located. He had a log house erected on it, in which Uncle George and Aunt Hannah kept hotel. This was the first hotel ever opened in the village, and Mr. Strong and wife boarded with them. About seventy five persons sat down to the table, each paying seventy-five cents for the repast. A Mr. Hubbell had a short time previous carted a few goods to this point from Springfield, and the groceries needed for the occasion were purchased of him. The dishes to set the table were obtained in Milford Center there not being enough in this village and surrounding country to furnish the table. The cherries, currants and vegetables were purchased of Mr. Anson Howard, who resided South of Woodstock, on the farm now owned by his son, Pearl Howard. The speakers for the occasion were James Biggs and John H. James, the latter still living and a resident of Urbana, Ohio. Toasts were given 34 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. (but were not drank in 'old rye..' as was not infrequently the case in that day) and responses were made at the table-a custom that has almost entirely died out. In the intervals between the reading of the toasts, a cannon was fired, or in lieu of a cannon a few rifles answered, and the patriotic crowd would add to the fervor by hearty hurrahs. A few are still living who were guests at that Fourth of July dinner. "In 1824, there were only four families in the village; and from 1824 to 1828; there were only three families. added. This was a strangely slow beginning of the nucleus from which has grown our lively littler city. But this may be accounted for by the contention that was going on to make Milford the permanent county seat. The village then and for several years afterward did not cover over an acre or two of ground at farthest, and lots were offered as low as 85 without finding a purchaser. The $5 was as difficult to obtain then as $100 are now. Very little that was produced on the few new farms that were being opened could be sold for ready cash at any price; but the pioneers, nevertheless, lived happily, for everything in the way of food and clothing was produced by the family, and such a thing as idleness was unknown. The old citizens still living, who began life in their wilderness homes fifty years ago in this section of country, can very vividly trace the outlines by which a wilder. new is changed into a cultivated and populous country." RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. The Methodist Episcopal Church.-The organization of this society in Marysville occurred probably in 1827. George Snodgrass, in writing of the early affairs of the place, says: "We were in the bounds of London Circuit at that time. Two preachers were on the circuit, one by the name of Samuel P. Shaw, preacher in charge, the other by the name of John C. Havens. They offered to form a class or church if we could raise seven members, and we set out to raise that number. George Minturn and lady, Miss Hannah Fox (sister of Mrs. Minturn, who afterward became my wife), Newton Hicks and lady, and myself, made six members. Silas G. Strong, a Presbyterian, gave us his name, making the seven members. We were organized in George Minturn's house, perhaps 18x20, and had preaching there until we could build a church. George Minturn was the Class Leader." Mr. Shaw's home was about six miles east of London, Madison County, and the was the pioneer Methodist preacher of this vicinity. His circuit extended from near Columbus to about forty miles west, taking in an area so large that it required four weeks to make the four around the circuit One appointment was at Amrine's, one and a half miles northwest of Marysville. Beginning with 1841, the following have been ministers of this church and the Presiding Elders of the district: 1841-Zachariah Connell, P. E., James Parcels, Joseph W. Smith, pastors of Marysville Circuit; 1842-Wesley Webster, pastor; 1843-William Simmons, P. E., and John W. Young and Thomas Hurd, pastors; 1844-C. B. Warrington and Ebenezer Chase, pastors; 1845 -46-Wesley Webster and T. M. Gossard, pastors; 1847-James L. Grover, P. E., and P. F. Holtzinger and M. Coffman, pastors; 1849-J. W. Clark. P. E., and David Sharp and James Gilruth, pastors; 1850-S. C. Riker, pastor; 1851-IL Brooks, P. E.; Ebenezer Chase and Samuel M. Merrill (now Bishop Merrill),, pastors; 1853-Uriah Heath, P. E.; T. D. Martindale and Lovett Taft, pastors; 1854-J. S. Adams and D. Mann, pastors; 1854-J. C. Haven, Supernumerary, connected with this circuit; 1855-Zachariah Conn 11, P. E.; H. Wharton, J. T. Miller, pastors; 1857-J. F. Longman, B. Low, pastors; 1858-W. B. Grantham, R. B. Bennett, pastors; 1859-J. M. Jamieson, P. E.; H. H. Ferris, G. G. West, pastors; this ends the work as a circuit, and Marys- PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 35 ville has since been a station. In 1800, it was made a part of the Central Ohio Conference, to which it still belongs. 1860-62, Loring C. Webster, pastor; 1862-Amos Wilson, pastor one year; 1863--Thomas H. Wilson P. E.; Henry E. Pilcher, pastor two years (is now living six miles from Marysville, an the road to Newton); 1864-Leonard B. Gurley, P. E.; 1865-N. B. C. Love, pastor three years; 1867-Alexander Harmount, P. E.; 1868-H. S. Bradley, pastor two years; 1870, James F. Mounts, pastor two years; 1871-Daniel D. Mather, P. E.; 1872-Oliver Kennedy, pastor one year; 1873-S. H. Alderman, pastor two years; 1875.-David Rutledge, P. E.; John Francis Davies, pastor three years; 1878-Parker P. Pope, pastor two years; 1879-Isaac Newton, P. E.; now in that position; 1880-83-A. Harmount, pastor. In 1853, a lot formerly occupied by Felix G. Wingfield with a cooper-shop was purchased for church purposes, and a building fitted up. It was burned September 25, 1863, being at the time used for a hay press by Woods & Dolbear. It was a frame structure. The present brick church owned by the society was dedicated in 1856, and stands on East Center street. During 1882, over $2,000 were expended upon it in repairs upon its interior. The site is the one purchased in 1853. A parsonage was built in the summer of 1871, on ground now included in the now court house lots. The property was sold to the county, and the present parsonage was purchased by the trustees of the church in 1880; it was formerly the residence of J. B. Whelpley, and is located on South East street. The church in December, 1882, had a membership of about 240, and the Sunday school had 170 members; Prof. L. B. Demorest, Superintendent. It also has a library of about 500 volumes. The Presbyterian Church. The history of this church as here given, from its organization to July, 1876, is from an historical sermon delivered by the pastor, Rev. William G. March, July 9, 1876. Several families located in Marysville during its earlier years who were members of or friendly to the Presbyterian Church, and they were occasionally visited by missionaries, who preached to them; one of these was Rev. W. J. Frazer, who was sent out by the Synod- of Cincinnati as missionary in the Miami Valley. He lived to an advanced age, and died in a recent year in Illinois, Rev. Ebenezer Washburn, in a letter from Worthington, Ohio, dated September 28, 1829, to the Secretary of Home Missions, reports as follows concern' Ing the work in this section. "The region where I have been preaching is now wholly occupied, i. e., Mr. Allen, one of your missionaries, is employed in Madison and Union Counties. Marion County and the destitute congregations in Delaware and Franklin Counties are occupied by the A. H. M. Society." Mr. March thus describes the organization of the church at Maysville: "After Mr. Allen had prospected this field, he held a meeting on the 9th of September A. D. 1829, in the house of Stephen McLain. in Marysville, for the purpose of examining candidates with reference to the organization of a Presbyterian Church in this place. Mr. Allen, President at this meeting. Two Elders from the church of Upper Liberty (now Milford Center) were present, Samuel Reed, 1st and William Gabriel, Sr. Thirteen candidates were present, who were severally examined without regard to their former church connection. Eleven of this number were approved as suitable persons to constitute a church. The articles of faith and covenant were proposed to the candidates and no objections were made to them. In the evening the candidates met in the court house, where Mr. Allen preached from Acts, xx, 28. After the sermon, a public assent was given to the articles of faith, and one received the ordinance of baptism; and the following constituted the first members of the Presbyterian Church of Marysville: From other churches-Eri Strong, Stephen McLain, 36 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Nancy McLain, Silas G. Strong, Mims Strong, Mrs. Phebe Adamson, Mrs. Mary Richey; on profession of their faith-James Richey, William Richey, Mrs. Sarah Phelps, Mrs. Catharine January. At this same meeting, Eri Strong and Stephen McLain were elected, ordained and installed Ruling Elders over this infant church." Rev. D. O. Allen continued his labors until April 16, 1861, receiving thirty-four members into the church; he administered the sacrament of the Lord's Supper for the first time November 15, 1829. Some of the entries in Mr. Allen's journal and reports are as follows: "September 9, 1829. In the afternoon, went to Marysville to organize a church Two Elders from Upper Liberty congregation and myself examined thirteen candidates for church membership and received eleven. Four of these had not made public profession and seven were from other church. At night, preached a sermon, baptized one adult, organized a church and ordained two Ruling Elders. The meeting was pretty well attended. May the Lord bless and own this little vine as of His own right hand's planting. This is the county seat of Union, and it was highly important that a church should have an early existence here, as the village is forming its character. The Methodists had been operating here for sometime. Their number is yet small." "September 29.- Preached in Marysville at night on the subject of temperance. Pretty good number out. Among them were some intemperate people. May the Lord favor the cause of temperance. One intemperate man walked about the house with anger. Several persons here have drawn up resolutions in favor of temperance, and annexed their signatures to them. I hope a temperance society will be formed soon. One store has been commenced without any spirits, and one merchant has resolved to purchase no more." "February 23, 1830. At night, attended the meeting of lecture and prayer in Marysville. Pretty good number out considering the wet. Villagers are poor hands to stand the mud. * * * A few days ago a whisky drinker in M-e attempted to raise a log cabin. During the first day he had but five hands of course the work moved on slowly. They raised the walls seven or eight feet. The next day a temperance man advised him to leave his bottle behind and he would have plenty of hands, or the cold water men could put up his building directly. Having been assured the thing would be done he (swore) he would go without the bottle. The 'men of strength' came forward, and effected the work in good time and order." May 16, 1830, Dr. Ira Wood, who had become a member of the church, was ordained and installed as Ruling Elder. By a special act of the Ohio Legislature in February, 1831, "The first Presbyterian Church of Marysville, Ohio," was incorporated; by this act, Dr. Ira Wood, James Richey and Silas G. Strong were appointed Trustees to serve until the first Monday in the following March, when, and annually thereafter, the corporation was required to elect three Trustees and one Clerk. At the first election the above, named persons were chosen Trustees, and Stephen McLain, Clerk. The congregation and session frequently met at Mr. McLain's house for business and religious purposes. Public services were held at first in the old wooden court house, and also, for a time, in the subsequent brick court home. February 16, 1832, a meeting Was hold at Mr. McLain's house to consider the question of building a house of worship for the society. A subscription was at that time started, headed as follows, and signed by seventeen persons, who subscribed a total of $435: "For the purpose of erecting a house of public worship in Inlot No. 43, in the town of Marysville, of such form and size and on such a plan as to intitle the First Presbyterian Congregation in Marysville to a deed for the east half of said lot from Joshua Mathiot, Esq., whose bond, with conditions, the Trustees of said congregation now hold, we, PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 37 the undersigned, agree and bind ourselves to pay to James Richey, Ira Wood, and Silas G. Strong, as Trustees of said congregation, or their successors in office, the sums set to our names respectively; one-half to be paid on or before the first day of September next ensuing the date hereof, and the residue on the first day of September, 1833." Mr. Strong was empowered to draft a plan for the new building, which was to be of brick, 40x50 feet in dimensions, and he was also authorized to make contracts for its construction and see that they were carried out. The work went on slowly, and the house was not occupied until 1835 or 1836. Mr. Strong invested largely from his own means in the building, and owing to the poverty or mismanagement of the church he was not reimbursed; and the building became his property. It subsequently, by execution or transfer, passed into the hands of a Now York or Philadelphia merchant, who was a creditor of Mr. Strong. For a time the building was closed to public worship; the church became separated into Old School and New School, and, in the spring of 1844, the former obtained an eight years' lease of the Smith Academy building, then in the process of erection. This contract was set aside by mutual agreement at the end of six years, and the congregation once more occupied the old building, which had been purchased of its Eastern owner for $950 or $975. The annual Congregational Meeting in March, 1840, was held in the brick church and the custom was adopted of assessing the pews for the purpose of raising money to support the Pastor. This practice was continued for several years. "Upon the walls of many a memory," says Mr. March, "hangs the picture of this old brick church. In vivid outline it stands before the mind's eye, 'grand, gloomy and peculiar.' On a bright Sabbath morning the crowd of worshipers flock to this temple gate, but there are two Rights of stairs on the out. side to be ascended as a good exercise of breath and muscles, to reach -the gates. These entered, and a look to one side will show you the pulpit and preacher at the entrance way; and now the momentum of the ascending exereise brings you to another step that lifts you up one or two feet set, and then you can find a seat; or, moving forward, you rise higher until at the greatest distance from the preacher you will find yourself perched in the highest seat of the synagogue, where a good view is obtained of the hapless wights that come in later, and before the stare of glittering eyes may stumble over the middle step and dash forward to the same elevation. There never was a church building better adapted to give variety and spice to the dull monotony of seating a congregation. More than once have I seen a titter spread over the Placid countenance of some roguish boy or girl, as the eyes regaled themselves at the discomfiture of a gay lady or swaggering youth that swept up the aisle, but suddenly halted and stoutly resisted the tendency to a horizontal posture. But the ludicrous was not always present. Many a time and to many a soul has this old structure been truly the 'house of God and the very gates of Heaven. ' 'The Lord is in His holy temple.' Tears of joy, sighs of sorrow, the smiles of heavenly satisfaction, the uplifted heart, the songs of praise and the glad tidings of salvation have filled these holy walls and made their impress for time and eternity." About 1866, a movement was made toward the erection of a new church building, and materials for it were gathered on the ground in the fall of 1867. The corner-stone was laid July 31, 1868, and the building was dedicated Sunday, March 20, 1870, at which time were present Revs. James Smith, John W. Drake and A. E. Thomson, former pastor, and W. 0. March, pastor then in charge. The structure is built of brick, is 45X70 feet in dimensions, surmounted by a tower, and stands near the northwest corner of Center and West streets. The dedicatory sermon was delivered by Mr. Thomson, and the 38 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. prayer by Mr.. Drake. The entire cost of the building, including fixtures, was about $12,000. When this church was organized, it was connected with Columbus Presbytery, but in 1835 it became a part of. Marion Presbytery, when the latter was constituted, and still retains that connection. Mr. Allen, as stated, was its first pastor. Succeeding him came Rev. Benjamin Dolbear, from the spring of 1831 to that of 1834. During 1 34 and 1835, Revs. Benjamin W. Higby, J. W. Lawton and --Sampson were here at different times, and in 1835, Rev. James Peregrin, in, a native of Wales, entered upon the work. In 1837, he removed to Indiana, where he died in 1862, a member of the Madison Presbytery. For several years after he left, the church at Marysville was without a pastor, although Rev. William D. Smith was here in January, 1838. It is not shown that he was ever installed as pastor. He was from Washington County, Penn., and began his labors in the ministerial field in 1831. He was for some time engaged in missionary work among the Indiana west of Missouri. In August, 1841, he became a resident of Springfield, Ohio, and in September, 1845, he accepted a professorship in Anderson's Collegiate Institute, at New Albany, Ind., to which city he removed; his death occurred there October 2, 1848. In the fall of 1838, this church had forty-eight members enrolled; twenty had been dismissed since its organization to join other churches, and six had died. Rev. James Smith came to Marysville in the fall of 1841, and preached here as supply and pastor about ten years, his relation being dissolved in the spring of 1851. During a portion of this time, he supplied Corinth church, about six miles north of Marysville, and also conducted an academy in the latter place. He was also a native of Washington County, Penn., and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Washington, Penn., in 1829. He died at Marysville. June 2, 1874. Rev. John W. Drake first visited the place in October, 1851, commenced preaching regularly on the first Sabbath in 1852, and was ordained and installed October 7, 1852. His pastoral relation was dissolved April 7, 1858. He died April 19, 1875, at Bluffton, Ind. Soon after his departure from Marysville, he was succeeded by Rev. J. K. Rost, who became stated supply, a position he filled until January, 1860, when he resigned. Rev. Albert E. Thomson was his successor, coming in May 1860, and beginning his labors as stated supply on the 26th of July following. He was installed as pastor in September, 1861. his charge including the churches at Marysville and Milford. In 1865, he became Superintendent of the Marysville schools, and resigned his Milford pastorate. In February, 1867, he left Marysville and removed to Galion, Ohio, but went in October, 1874, to Rushville, Ind., where he became pastor of the Presbyterian Church and was also subsequently chosen superintendent of common schools in Rush County. His successor at Marysville was Rev. William G. March, whose labors began here in the early park of 1868. He continued as pastor thirteen years, and resigned in the spring of 1881. The next pastor is the present incumbent, Rev. William A. Ferguson, who came December 18, 1881, and was installed as pastor, May 11,1882. The following persons have served as Ruling Elders in this church since its organization: Stephen McLain. Eri Strong, ordained at organization; Dr. Ira Wood, ordained May 16, 1830; John R. McLain, ordained, and James L. Ward, installed, August 1, 1835; William Richey, Jr., Silas G. Strong, ordained August 7,1836; James H. Gill, installed March 1, 1838; Cyprian Lee, ordained, William Cratty, installed, January, 1843; Thomas Brown, ordained, Alexander Stirratt, installed, April 5, 1850; Cyrus A. Phelps, James W. Robinson, Stephen Winget, ordained November 17, 1855; Alvin Thompson, Leonidas Piper, ordained December 31, 1871. Messrs. Brown, Robinson, Thompson and Piper are the present Elders. The trustees are Robert Robinson, D. F. McKitrick and Salem W. Pearse. The membership on the 14th of December, 1882, was 187, at Page 38 Blank Page 39 Picture of Wm P. Hazen PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 41 which time the Sunday school had a membership of about 190. A. H. Beightler was then Superintendent of the latter. W. L. Curry, present Superintendent. The school has a good library. During Mr. Ferguson's pastorate, about $1,800 have been expended on the church property in repairs and improvements. The Congregational Church.-The following appears in the manual of the Congregational Church of Marysville, published in 1877: "This church was organized thirty-seven years ago as a New School Presbyterian Church, but with the utmost harmony it became a Congregational Church twelve years ago, i. e., in 1864. During all its history it has been active and enterprising. Especially have the women of this church been workers for the cause. A spirit of harmony has marked the life of the church. Efforts to save perishing sinners have been frequent. Protracted meetings have often been held with gracious ingatherings into the fold of Christ. From the very first the Wednesday prayer meeting, has been sustained and well attended. All the pastors of this church have labored earnestly to promote the cause of pure and undefiled religion in this community, and are remembered with respect and affec. tion. The following -is a list of the pastors, in their order, and the length of their pastorates: Rev. W. H. Rodgers, three years; Rev. Henry Shields. three years; Rev. E. J. Moore, one year; Rev. Henry Bushnell, five years; Rev. J. Evarts Weed, two years; Rev. Walter Mitchell,- twelve years; Rev. P. G. Buchanan, two years; Rev. M. K. Pasco, one year and a half; Rev. W. E. Lincoln, two years and nine months. John Guthrie, John F. Eaton, William Lee, E. H. Beardsley, S. A. Cherry, A. Morey, J. H. Shearer, O M. Scott, F. Wood, T. Liggett and J. W. Starr have worthily filled the office of Deacon," Rev. W. A. James succeeded Mr. Lincoln as pastor, and remained about three years. His successor is Rev. Homer Thrall, the present pastor, who came in December, 1870. The officers of the church in December, 1882, were: Deacons--J. H. Shearer, Templeton Liggett, S. A. Cherry, William Lee; Clerk -William Lee; Treasurer-Templeton Liggett; Trustees-Samuel W. Dolbear, Dr. R. P. Anderson, J. H. Shearer, A. S. Chapman, O. M. Scott. The membership at the same time was about 135, while the Sunday school, of which John A. Brown was Superintendent, was over 100. A good library is possessed by the school. Materials for a church building were placed on the ground at the northeast corner of West and South streets, in July, 1871, and the building was raised that year, the corner-stone being laid on the 31st of August. Rev. M. K. Pasco, the pastor, and Rev. W. G. March, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, conducted the exercises. The lecture room was dedicated on Sunday, August 4, 1872, and the building proper March 14, 1878, being at the time nearly completed. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Rev. R. G. Hutchins, of Columbus, Ohio. The parsonage, located in the rear of the church, was completed in 1881. in 1882, an iron fence was built around the lot, and a now bell, weighing 1,000 pounds, was hung in the tower in December of the same year. The parsonage cost something over $1,500, and was paid for from the proceeds of the "Buckeye Cook Book," which was compiled by a committee of the ladies of Marysville. The value of the entire property of the church is about $12,000, which is nearly the actual cost. African Methodist Episcopal Church.-This society was organized in 1879, with eleven members, by Rev. Nathaniel Mitchell, of Portsmouth, Ohio, who became pastor and so continued until October, 1882. He was sent from here to Lebanon, Ohio, and Rev. J. W. Jackson was transferred from that place to Marysville, being the present pastor of this church. Ground was purchased on North street, of Samuel Amrine, and the present brick house of worship owned by the society was erected upon it in 1879-80, being dedicated on the 42 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 1st of February in the latter year, by Bishop Wyman of Baltimore, Md. Sufficient funds were raised at the time to pay an indebtedness of over $300. The entire cost of the church property has been about $1,500. The membership, December 13, 1882, was about thirty. Services are held three times each Sunday, and the Sunday school also has a regular session. The latter is in a prosperous condition. Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (Roman Catholic).-In this parish are included about forty families, whose pastor is Rev. Father A. D. Dexter, the incumbent since January 1, 1882. The frame church of this Congregation, located on Water street, near the railroad station, was built in the summer of 1866, and dedicated on the 20th of September in that year. It is 30x.40 feet in dimensions. (A more extended sketch of this church was promised, but has failed to make its appearance.) German Lutheran Church.-The promised historical account of this church has not been forthcoming, and but little can be given concerning it. December 20,1875, the " St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church of Marysville, Ohio," was incorporated; officers were elected and the organization completed&. November 9, 1878; the "Evangelical Lutheran German Trinity Church" was incorporated, with Oldest G. Zwerner, J. Asman, Jacob Hauser, Sebastian Imloff, as Elders, and G. Scheiderer, O. Muhlenbruch and Philip Ruprecht, Trustees. These societies have been consolidated, and have erected a fine now brick church, of which the comer-stone was laid August IS,. 1882. The society previously worshiped in a small brick church on South Main street. SCHOOLS. In 1876, an article upon the schools of Marysville was prepared by F. Wood, Superintendent, and the preparation is here given as written and published in a volume entitled "Historical Sketches, Ohio, Public Schools," in the same year: "The history of education in Marysville, for the first thirty years after its settlement, is not a matter of record. There are people living in this community, however, who have been residents from a date as early as the settlement of the place. "The first cabin within the present boundaries of Marysville was built in 1818, by Jonathan Summers, a Quaker. The town was laid out in 1810, by Samuel Culbertson, and made the county scab in 1822. It cannot be ascertained that any public arrangement was made for schools till about 1825. The early settlers, however, appreciating the necessity of education, united in sustaining private schools almost from the settlement of the place. Mr. Silas G. Strong had an active part in the location of the county seat at Marysville, and was an efficient public officer for a series of years. In 1822 or 1823, Mrs. Strong, his wife, taught a school in her own home, of some tenor, twelve scholars, and was compensated by the parents of her pupils, though it cannot be ascertained that there was a fixed rate of tuition. Mr. Christopher Stiner, now living near Marysville, was one of her pupils. Mrs. Strong's was the first school in the place. She taught only the elementary branches, using a variety of books, such as were in possession of the families from which her scholars came. It is supposed that at this time there were some twelve or fifteen families within two miles of Marysville. The first court house was built in 1822, and in it most of the schools were held until 1831. Occasionally private schools were taught in dwelling houses happening to be unoccupied at the time. Mrs. Strong, it is confidently affirmed, taught one or more terms in the court house after it was built. It is thought that Mr. Peyton B. Smith was the first male teacher, and that he taught in 1825. Mr. Clement Twiford PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 43 taught his first school in Marysville in 1826, and continued to teach, at different times, for five or six Years. Mr. George Snodgrass, now living in Marysville, taught a school in 1828 in a log cabin in the east part of town. In the winter of 1830-31, Mr. Taber Randall, now a resident of the town, and for several terms Clerk of the Court, taught in the court house, receiving $14 per month, and paving 87 1/2 cents per week for full board at the hotel. The same building (the American) is still used for a public house, and the present Superintendent, of the school paid $5.50 per week for board there in 1868. In the winter of 1831-32, Mr. Robert Andrew taught, commencing the school in the court house in September, and in October going into the new frame school house in the southeast part of the village, then just completed, being the first building erected in the place for school purposes. Hon. William C. Lawrence, for a number of years, until his death in 1846, a prominent lawyer in the county, assisted by his brother John, taught during the winter of 1832-33, having, it is thought, some seventy-five scholars, and receiving in compensation $100 for a term of three months. "In the winter of 1834-35, the number of scholars had so increased that it was decided to employ two teachers. Mr. B. F. Kelsey taught in the schoolhouse. and Miss Marietta Kimball in a log cabin in the west part of town. After this time, it was usual to employ two teachers one of the terms in the year. Among the teachers were Rev. James H. Gill, Heman Ferris, John V. Kinney (now Judge Kinney, of Nebraska), Miss Eliza Ewing, Miss Martha Jane Thompson (now Mrs. Judge Woods, late of Marysville, but at present living at Minneapolis, Minn.), Miss Clarinda Westbrook, before 1840. Miss Mary Irwin and Miss Susan Pollock also taught at an early day. In the winter of 1838-39, there were three public schools-Mr. Kelsey in the schoolhouse, Miss Thompson in the basement of the Presbyterian Church, Miss Westbrook in the basement of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In the winter of 1839-40, Mr. Charles Sanders taught in the basement of the Presbyterian Church, his school numbering nearly 100 scholars. He introduced the spelling book already published by himself, and afterward published a series of readers which had a wide circulation. In the winter of 1842-43, three men were employed to teach the schools, now embracing 200 or more pupi isMessrs. B. F. Kelsey, Levi Lyons and James Henderson. From 1840, and perhaps sooner, there began to be felt a need of better facilities for obtaining an education than the common schools afforded. In the summer of 1843, Miss Caroline S. Humphrey opened the first high school taught in Marysville. In two or three instances a class in some of the higher branches had been formed in the public schools,- but Miss Humphrey's was the first in which the principal object was to teach those branches. Rev. James Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, instructed individuals, in his own study' in the languages and other branches, preparatory for college. In 1844, receiving some assistance from individuals, Mr. Smith erected a building for academic purposes. A school of a higher grade than had ever been taught in the county was opened in it, in the autumn of 1844, in charge of Mr. James A. Stirratt. Hon. James- W. Robinson, of this place, and Rev. Mr. Perkins,* who recently died at Delaware, went through the preparatory studies, and a year and a half of college studies, under Mr. Smith's instruction and that of Mr. Stirratt, in the academy, and entered Jefferson College, at Cannonsburg, Penn., in the spring of 1846. "A good school, having the confidence and support of the community, was sustained in the academy most of the time from 1844 till the autumn of 1862. Mr. Smith taught himself much of the time, and all the time held the control of the school. James A. Stirratt taught the first school in the building. 44 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Abraham W. Wood, assisted by Miss Herbert, the last. The following persons, besides Mr. Smith and those just named, taught in the building, though the order in which they came cannot be given, nor is it certain that the list is complete: William H. Homer, James Robinson, Chester H. Perkins, M. Thompson, J. Slocum, Miss Buss, Miss Ward, Miss Jennie Coe and Miss Mary Coe. No individual has been identified with the interests of education in this community longer than Mr. Smith, or done more to elevate its standard. At the adoption of the present school law, in 1849, he was put upon the board of examiners, and retained there until nearly the time-of his death. "The number of scholars in town had so increased that, to answer an imperative necessity, in 1847, two brick schoolhouses were erected in opposite parts of the town, each of two rooms. For fifteen years these, with the academy, afforded the school accommodations for the youth of Marysville Two or three or four teachers in the public schools were employed, as financial and other controlling circumstances seemed to decide. Up to 1849, thirty years from the settlement of the town, there seems to have been about the general average facilities, appreciation and improvement of educational advantages. The 'law for the better regulation of public schools in cities, towns, etc.,' passed by the Ohio Legislature in February, 1849, became a now and active stimulus in the minds of the community. They proceeded Promptly to organize and work under the new system. The complete organization, which seems, from the records, to have been very harmonious, was as follows: Directors - Otway Curry, President; P. B. Cole, Secretary; Jacob Bouser, Treasurer; W. W. Woods, J. W. Cherry and Henry Shedd, Examiners-James Smith, Charles W. B. Allison,* and Cornelius S. Hamilton. Under date of December 14, 1849, is the following entry: Whereupon, the board agree to employ the following teachers for twelve weeks each, five days to the week, commencing December 17,1849, on the following terms, to wit: Cornelius S. Hamilton, per term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $66.00 Jackson C. Doughty, per term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.00 Miss Laura Johnson, per term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.00 Mrs. William E. Lee, per term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.00 Which terms and conditions we respectively agree to; and we further agree to discharge our duties as such teachers respectively, according to the best of our ability. C. S. HAMILTON, J. C. Doughty, A. M. LEE, Almira L. Johnson. December 17, 1849. On motion, Mr. Curry was appointed a committee to ascertain and report, to the next meeting of the board, a series of books to be used in this district. On motion, Resolved, That Messrs. Doughty and Hamilton furnish their school rooms with blackboards, and charge the same to the board; and that Mr. Bouser furnish a blackboard for Miss Johnson's room, at the cost of the district. January 14, 1850. Board met, pursuant to a call of the President. Present, all the members. On motion, the following books were adopted for the use of the common schools in the town of Marysville, to wit: Wickham's Lessons, twenty-four large cards; Sanders' Primer; Holbrook's Primary Drawing Book; McGuffey's Readers; Thompson's First Lessons in Arithmetic; Primary School Song Book ; Webster's Elementary Spelling Book; Mitchell's Primary Geography; Colburn's Mental Arithmetic; Ray's Arithmetic, art III; Mitchell's Intermediate Geography; Wells' Elementary Grammar; Winchester's Series of Writing Books; Mason a Juvenile Task. Resolved, That the board hold stated meetings every two weeks, beginning January 25. Adjourned until January 25, 1850. P. B. COLE, Secretary. "The Board of Education made their first annual report to a meeting of the voters of School District No. 1, Paris Township, Union County, held at the court house November 30, 1850. An abstract of the report is as follows: * This name to given Allen in Prof Wood's article. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 45 Schools taught thirty-six weeks, or three quarters. First quarter, four schools, two male and two female teachers, average daily attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Second quarter, three schools, three female teachers, average daily attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Third quarter, three schools, three female teachers, average daily attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Scholars in the district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270 Resources for school purposes the last year: Collected on duplicate for schoolhouse purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 99.05 Collected on duplicate for tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.28 State School Fund received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.89 Tax levied by County Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.84 Tax levied by the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.00 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $683.06 "A legally called public meeting of the citizens of District No. 1, Paris Township, was held March 4, 1851. to consider the adoption of the Union School system; but it was not carried. The second annual report of the board. in December, 1851, gives the number of scholars, 310; money received for school purposes, $430.40. In November, 1852, the scholars were graded by examination, according to advancement, and a set of rules for the government of the schools, drafted by Messrs. Hamilton and Curry, were unanimously adopted by the board. They were ten in number, and to the purpose. In 1852-53, several public meetings, harmonious, so far as the records show, were held to consider the matter of a new schoolhouse; and a, resolution was carried to purchase certain designated lots and raise the money to pay for them, but for some reason, not recorded, it was not done. It appears that the schools went on with no great variation until 1860. Some of the years, the more advanced scholars, by examinations, were put in charge of one teacher, and designated 'high school.' In 1858, the subject of a new schoolhouse and the School system was again agitated, and, after due consideration, carried. Under date of December 24, 1858, is the following: "'Resolved, by the legal voters of School District No. 1, Paris Township, Union County, Ohio, in general meeting assembled, That it is expedient and necessary to erect a new schoolhouse for said district; and that $10,000 raised for that purpose, $2,000 in the year 1850, and $2,000 in each of the four succeeding years.' "A. site, about two and one-half acres, was purchased of Adam Wolford, and, after the usual preliminaries, on the 10th of January, 1861, of twelve proposals to build the house, that of H. Rice and J. Fleck, of Marysville, was accepted, for $7,754, and $340 for extra stone work. After visiting houses reputed to be the best, inspecting and carefully considering the various plans, at the suggestion of the State School Commissioner, the Board adopted what has proved to be a good one. The house is a substantial brick edifice 60x80 feet, two stories, with a well- proportioned steeple, in which is a fine-toned bell of about 500 pounds weight. Besides halls, closets, etc., there are four school rooms on the lower floor and three on the upper, all affording comfortable accommodations for about 300 scholars. After considerable delay, the house was completed, and opened in October, 1862, just thirty-one years after the first schoolhouse in Marysville was built and occupied. Mr. A. W. Wood, who had been teaching in the academy about a year and a half, was put in charge as Superintendent at $50 per month and the tuition which he received from scholars attending the school who were not residents of the district. The academy was given up at this time, so there was no school in the county except the public schools. "The Board of Education, at the organization of the Union School were: P. B. Cole, C. S. Hamilton, J. Cassil, D. D. Welsh. W. H. Robb, and J. H. 46 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Ryan. The Board of Teachers: A. W. Wood, Superintendent and Principal of Highest Department; Miss Mollie Johnson, First Assistant Highest Department; Miss Mattis, A. Robinson, Second Assistant Highest Department; Miss Jennie Coe, teacher in Intermediate Department ; Miss Louise M. Southwick, teacher in Second Primary Department; Miss Sarah Jane Barbour, teacher in First Primary Department. The female teachers each received $20 per month. The enumeration of scholars in October, 1862, was 343. The school opened with about 200, who were divided into four departments. An excellent, set of rules and regulations for the government of the schools was adopted by the Board, who fully sustained the teachers in their execution. An important rule was the closing of the door against tardiness. It did much in establishing the habit of punctuality, and was favorably received by nearly all the patrons of the school. In March, 1863, five months after the organization of the Union School, A. W. Wood left, and Franklin Wood, of Massachusetts, took his position for the same compensation. The following are the names of Superintendents, taus of service and compensation: A. W. Wood, from October, 1862, to March, 1863, $50 per month and tuition of non-resident pupils; F. Wood, from March, 1863, to June, 1865, compensation as above, with $20 per month added last year; Rev. A- E. Thomson, from September, 1866, to December, 1866, with the same compensation; L. Piper, from January, 1807, to Tune. 1867, with same compensation; Franklin Wood, from June 1807, to the present time [1876] with an annual salary of $1,200. Miss Sarah Jane Barbour had charge of the First Primary Department from the organization of the school in October, 1862, till June, 1878, eleven years. Miss Mary E. Pierce held the position of First Assistant, for the last throe years Principal in the highest department, embracing the High School and advanced Grammar grade, from September, 1870, till June, 1875. In 1866, the wages of female teachers was raised to $30 per month, and has since been raised to $40. The Principal of the highest department, however, receives [1876] an Annual salary of $500." When Mr. Wood wrote his article, he was giving one-half his time to superintendency and the other half to teaching, and the other teachers in the schools at that time -(January, 1876), with the enrollment in the various grades, were as follows: Miss Nellie S. McDonald, Principal Highest Department, 80; Mrs. Mattis A. Robinson, Assistant Highest Department; Miss Alice S. Pierce, teacher first Grammar Department, 38; Miss Dora E. King, teacher Second Intermediate Department, 40; Miss Laura Scott, teacher First Intermediate Department, 57; Miss Abbie E. Neal, teacher Third Primary Department, 65; Miss E. Amelia Burgner, teacher Second Primary Department, 47; Miss Kate T. Lee, teacher Second Division. First Primary Department, 33; Miss Lucy J. Jones, teacher First Division, First Primary Department, 60; total enrollment, 420. Mr. Wood writes, continuing the article already quoted: " The aim, both in government and instruction, has constantly been to adopt that which should give a thorough and practical preparation for the future; to teach how to use the mind and other faculties, rather than bare facts. There has been a willingness to adopt improved and tested methods of teaching, whether the result of our work or that of others. We have found that frequent reviews and examinations, both oral and written, are of great advantage. One great difficulty with us is, our pupils leave school, especially the boys, before they have had time or sufficient maturity to complete a proper course of education. But it is easier to point out and lament than to correct. When our present house was built, in 1862, considerable complaint was made that so large a plan war, adopted, larger by one third than the present need demanded. But the wisdom of the arrangement an out was soon accepted, for in 1868 PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 47 the number of pupils in attendance was fully equal to the capacity of the house, and in that year by vote of the district, they commenced to raise a fund to put an addition to the present house, or erect a new one in another part of the village. Said fund has accumulated to about $8,000 (in 1876). Although 100 scholars are acoommodated in rented rooms, and the schoolhouse still crowded, the new schoolhouse is not yet erected. "Mention should be made of Hon. Cornelius S. Hamilton,* whose tragic death occurred in December, 1861. He came to this county at the age of sixteen years, with his father and family, in 1888, and spent his time till he was twenty-five upon his father's farm, assisting in the transformation of those broad and fertile acres from the dense and heavy forest to the beautiful field and meadow. He had already decided upon intellectual pursuits, and ac. quainted himself with some of the principles of law through Blackstone's works. He came to Marysville in 1848, and pursued the study of law in the office of Hon. William C. Lawrence. He also edited and published for sev eral years a weekly paper, the Marysville Tribune. He was a man of good judgment and remarkable will power, accomplishing his own ends when conscions he was in the right, sometimes even against the majority, though not by unjust means. He was a man of high principles, of honor and integrity, and soon gained the confidence of his fellow-citizens. He was a member of the convention which framed the Constitution of Ohio, now in force. He was also sent to the State Legislature, and to the House of Representatives at Washington, of which he was a member at the time of his death. The school privileges of his youth were limited; but in early manhood, accepting the fact that education is one of the cornerstones of our Republic, and a powerful in. fluence in the elevation of man, he became interested in the advancement and improvement of the public school. He taught the opening school under the now law of 1849, and was one of the first Board of Examiners and that law. The next year he was elected a member of the Board of Education, and was retained in that office till his death, some eighteen years. To him is given the credit mainly of placing Marysville in the van, with places of equal size, in regard to educational matters. He had a largely controlling influence in securing the adoption of the Union School system in 1860. According to 69 records, it was left principally to him to carry into effect the various measures to complete that arrangement. He lived to see something of the advantages resulting. He had more to do than any other individual in carrying out the purpose he, with others, had formed, of establishing a school which should offer to all good and equal faclities for obtaining a thorough preparation for the various departments of business life or admission to the halls of our higher institutions of learning. Success in business, and the college records at Oxford, Delaware, Wooster and Yale, show that their anticipations are already realized. Through his taste, and decision chiefly we have a good house, beautifully and favorably located, surrounded with ample grounds, adorned with evergreens and other trees, all of which will bear a favorable comparison with any school promises in our State." A very fine new school building has been erected in the eastern part of town. The contract for building it was let to Woodward & Son, of Mount Gilead, Ohio, June 22, 1876, for $23,518. The structure was completed and school first began in it late in the fall of 1877. It is of tasteful design and finish, and contains ten rooms for school purposes, to be used during school sessions, and for recitations, etc., besides other rooms for various now. One room in the upper story is neatly fitted up for a hall for exhibitions, having a wide stage and seating room for several hundred people. The principal objection to the building is its height. * See notice In Chapter XIV. 48 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Franklin Wood, Superintendent of the Marysville Schools, left in 1877, and is now located at Binghamton, N. Y. His successor is the present Superintendent., Prot W. H. Cole, from Highland County, Ohio. He came here from the Missouri State University, and had previously taught at Nashville, Tenn.,: Wilmington, Ohio, and Delaware, Ohio. He is a very successful teacher. His assistants in the schools of Marysville for the school year of .1882-88 were the following: L. B. Demorest, Principal High School; Miss Alfarata Clute, Principal Grammar School; Miss Minnie Walker, First Department Grammar School; Miss Amma Murphy, Fifth Grade; Miss Della E. Miller, Fourth Grade, "A" Division; Miss Amelia Burgner, Fourth Grade, "B" Division; Miss Lillian Robb, Third Grade, "A" Division: Miss Nellie Robinson. Second Grade, "A!' Division; Miss Emily Shinn, Second Grade, "A" Division; Miss Jennie E. Smith, "A" Primary; Miss Mattis Robinson, "B" Primary; Thomas J. Davies, Teacher of Music. The janitors are Victor Payne, for the east building, and Maggie Payne, for the west building. VILLAGE INCORPORATION, ETC. From the absence of records, or any positive evidence on the subject, it cannot be determined at what exact date Marysville was incorporated; but it was probably in 1840, as an old memorandum at the court house shows that Otway Curry was elected Mayor in that year, being, it is thought, the first to hold the office in the place. The corporation limits have been several timed extended, by action of the Commissioners of the county. The record above mentioned, which is in the office of the County Clerk, shows *that Otway Curry was elected Mayor, May 4, 1840; James E. Wilson, April 17, 1843; John Cassil. May 6, 1844; P. B. Cole, March 31, 1845; and Otway Curry, March 30, 1846. The earliest record found in the office of the Corporation Clerk is dated September 7, 1846, and it presents the following facts: "The Council of the town of Marysville met in the Mayor's office. In the absence of William W. Steele, Recorder, on motion, W. H. Frank was appointed Secretary pro tem. Members present: O. Curry, B. Welsh, Thomas Turner, James*. Evans, Jacob Bouser and William H. Frank. On motion, C. W. B. Allison was elected Recorder to fill the vacancy occasioned by the removing away of W. W. Steele. On motion, meeting adjourned until Monday evening, October 5, 1846. Secretary pro tem." The meeting was hold as appointed. R. L. Broome was allowed $5.25 for seven days' service as Street Superintendent; P. B. Cole $10.75 for print. ing. Otway Curry appointed a committee of one to report an ordinance upon the subject of curbing the sidewalks in Marysville. The Street Superintendent plank and repair the bridge by S. P. G. Brown's dwelling house, by making a double track. October 10, 1846, Otway Curry, Thomas Turner and Bill Welsh were appointed a committee of three to select one or more suitable sites for a burying-ground, and ascertain on what terms the same could be purchased. They made a report on the l6th of November, but what it was the record fails to state. A meeting of the citizens was called to take some action on the subject of purchasing a new burial ground and removing the old one from the corporation. December 7, 1946, R. L. Broome and Samuel Ressler were appointed Fire Wardens for one year. February 1, 1847, Mr. Evans, of the Council, was appointed a committee of one to consult with the old officers of the hook and ladder company respecting the ladders furnished by the citizens in 1845, for protection against fire. Those ladders were six in number, and Mr. Evans was the next day instructed, upon making his report, to superintend the ironing of said ladders and to procare one or more fire hooks and cables. April 24, 1847, the contract for build- Page 49 Picture of Isaac N. Hamilton Page 50 Blank PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 51 ing a new bridge on East Center street was awarded to James W. Evans, for 50; the bridge was to be completed by the lot of the following July. It was finished July 17. At the corporation election, March 29, 1847, the following officers were chosen: William M. Robinson, Mayor; William H. Skinner, Recorder; Richard Bancroft, Charles Rosette, Samuel Ressler, John Johnson, William E. Lee, Trustees. The new Council met April 5, and elected Bill Welsh Superintendent of Streets; William E. Lee, Treasurer; William T. Brophy, Marshal; John W. Lansdown, Assistant Marshal; William H. Frank and Thomas Turner, Fire Wardens. Since then the elections have resulted in the choice of officers as follows: March 27, 1848-George D. Witter, Mayor; James Kinkade, Recorder; John Cassil, Richard Bancroft, R. Lee, Thomas Turner, F. Wingfield, Trust. see. At this election the question of purchasing a fire engine was submitted to the electors, and the project was defeated by a vote of forty to eighteen. A, bridge over the run at the south end of Main street was built in the fall of 1848. March 26, 1849-William H. Frank, Mayor; Philip Snider, Recorder; A. R. Hunter, William W. Woods, William T. Brophy, Thomas Peacock, James Welsh, Trustees. April 27, 1849, the job of graveling the "diamond," or public square, was let to Henry Wolford for $68.68, the gravel to be put on eight inches deep, and the work done by the 15th of the following June. Considerable graveling was done on the streets in that year, at a cost ranging from 75 cents to $1.05 per rod, March 25 , 1850-W. H. Frank Mayor; Thomas Brown, Recorder, Thomas Turner, Thomas Peacock, W. W. Woods, Charles Rathbun, A. R. Hunter, Trustee& March 81, 1851-William H. Frank, Mayor; George W. Cherry, Recorder; Joseph Saxton, Felix G. Wingfield, Thomas Turner, Thomas Brown, Stephen Winget, Trustees. March 29, 1852-William. H. Frank, Mayor; George W. Cherry, Recorder; Thomas Turner, Joseph Saxton, Felix a Wingfield, G. A. Cassil. James M. Welsh, Trustees. Cherry resigned as Recorder, and M. H. Wadhems was appointed July 2, 1852. 1853.-Cyprian Lee, Mayor; Andrew M. Pollock, Recorder; Thomas Turner, James M. Welsh, Joseph Saxton, Felix G. Wingfield, G. A. Cassil, Trustam. Mr. Lee refused to serve as Mayor, and William M. Robinson was chosen to the position at a special election held April 19, 1858. 1854-W. U. Robinson, Mayor, Augustus Turner, Recorder; Thomas Turner, G. A. Cassil, Felix G. Wingfield, J. M. Welsh, Joseph Saxton, Trustees. 1855-John L. Porter, Mayor; Cyrus A. Phelps, Recorder; John Cassil, C.. Rathbun, R. Lee, R, L. Partridge, D. Plumb, Trustees. Cassil resigned, and S. C. Lee was appointed to fill vacancy, October 8, 1855.. 1856-Samuel McBatney, Mayor; R. 0. Clark, Recorder; Beth McMahill, Rowland Lee, R. L Patrick, Tabor Randall, William Drake, Trustees. 1857-M. C. Lawrence, Mayor; William H. Robb, Recorder; John Fleck, John F. Sabine, James W. Robinson, David D. Welsh, R. Welsh, Trustees. 1858-John Barber, Mayor; John Rathbun, Recorder; J. F. Sabine, Samuel Sherwood, D. D. Welsh, William Drake, J. H. Ryan. Trustees. 1859-J. D. Smith, Mayor; J. N. Rathbun, Recorder; William Drake, D. D. Welsh, John Barber, Joseph Newlove, W. W. Woods, Trustees. 1860- E. G. Bartram, Mayor; Alvin Thompson, Recorder; E. J. Nugent, Joseph G. Hawkins, John Weidman, William, Drake, John B. Costs. Trustees, 1861-R. C. Clark, Mayor; Augustus Turner, Recorder; J. Garrard, J. Newlove, H. Sabine, D. W. Henderson, Robert Snodgrass, Trustees. 1862-Thomas Brown, Mayor; James Kinkade, Recorder; G. L. Sellers, 52 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Rawson Welsh, William Cartmell, M. C. Lawrence, J. Newlove, Trustees. Lawrence resigned September 5, 1862, and A. J. Whitney was appointed to fill vacancy. April 6 , 1863 - Thomas Brown, Mayor; R. L. Partridge, Recorder; Joseph Newlove, J. A. Henderson, Rawson Walsh, O W. R. Ingman, Robert Snodgrass, Trustees. April 4, 1864--A. F. Wilkins, Mayor; A. J. Whitney, Recorder; Joseph Newlove. J. A. Henderson, Robert Snodgrass, Joseph Saxton, O. W. R. Ingman, Trustees April 3 1865--A. F. Wilkins Mayor; A. J. Whitney, Recorder! John Guthrie, James W. Robinson, Joseph Newlove, W. L. Miller, J. H. Ryan, Trustees. April 2, 1866-A. F. Wilkins Mayor; J. A. Henderson Recorder; J. Newlove, J. W. Robinson, B. W. Keys, John L. Porter, T. J. Buxton, Trustees. April 1, 1867-John Cassil, Mayor; J. F. Snider, Recorder; John C. Nicol, R. R. Henderson, James W. Robinson, William H. Robb, G. L. Sellers Trustees. April 6, 1868--A. F. Wilkins, Mayor; O. M. Scott, Recorder; W. H. Robb, J. W. Robinson, W S Johnson James H Roney J. C. Nicol Trustees. April 6, 1869-A. D. Doolittle, Mayor; O. M. Scott, Recorder; J. L. Porter, W. H Robb, W. S. Johnson, J. H. Roney, J C. Nicol, Trustees April 4, 1870-A. F. Wilkins, Mayor for two years; Tabor Randall, Clerk (two years), H. Speakman, D. Buxton, O. B. Williams, Councilmen for one year; Joseph Newlove, J. A. Henderson, D. Edwards, Councilmen for two years. J. B. Coats was elected to the Council in May, in place of Joseph Newlove. April, 1871. N. Hamilton M C Lawrence A. C. Pearson Councilmen for two years. April, 1872-J. M. Kennedy, Mayor; two years; Tabor Randall, Clerk and Recorder, two years; A. D. Doolittle, Levi Longbrake. J. B. Whelpley, Councilmen for two years. April, 1873- O. B. Williams H. S. Wood J. Richard Ousler Councilmen for two years. April 10, 1874-Wesley Garrard Mayor; Tabor Randall, Clerk and Recorder; Darius Buxton, David Edwards, Philip Snider, Councilmen-all for two years; John L. Porter, Councilman for one year. April, 1875-S. N. McCloud L. C. Conrad O. C. Chase, Councilmen, two years. April, 1876-Wesley Garrard, Mayor; John H. Kinkade, Clerk; J. B. Whelpley, J. J. Morelock, H. S. Wood, Councilmen-all for two years. Whelpley resigned March 20, 1877. April 2, 1877-Aaron B. Robinson, F. G. England, I. N. Hamilton, Councilmen, two years; R. Ousler, D. Webb, C. M. Ingman, Councilmen, one year. England resigned, and on the 11th of September, 1877, George S. Baldwin was appointed to fill vacancy. April 1, 1878-John D. Radebaugh, Mayor; J. M. Brodrick, Clerk; J. J. Morelock, C. M Kenton, W. H. Robb, Councilmen, two years. April 7, 1879-A. B. Robinson S N McCloud W. P. Anderson Councilmen, two years. April, 1880-Wesley Garrard, Mayor; John M. Brodrick Clerk; Jesse L. Cameron, John Wiley, Delmore Snodgrass, Councilmen, two years. April 4, 1881- Robert M. Henderson, Henry W. Morey, Emanuel Fox, Councilmen two years PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 53 April, 1882-J. H. Kinkade, Mayor; George W. Heistand, Clerk; William Cartmell, Jr., Israel Slack, E. L. Price, Councilmen, two years. For the fiscal year ending March 30, 1852, the receipts of the corporation were $225.76; the expenditures for the same time were $107.47, leaving a balance in the treasury of $118.29. It did not cost much to run a village government and pay for improvements in those days. FIRES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. Ladders were purchased by the village in 1845, for use in case of fires, and this was the first record of any provision made looking to the safety of property from damage by fire. A hook and ladder company was formed, but was probably in existence but a short time.* July 22, 1859, the most serious fire occurred which the place had yet suffered, burning the fine Cassil Block and several other buildings, and causing a loss of about $15,000. A pottery, half a mile south of town, owned by E. Weller, was burned August 30, 1861. In July, 1865, a hand fire engine was purchased for Marysville, at Dayton, Ohio, costing $1,200 It was manufactured in New Jersey; the first engineer was a Mr. Hubbell. June 7, 1865, the County Commissioners had granted a petition from the citizens of Marysville praying that they be allowed to erect an engine house on the southeast corner of the jail lot; and the Commissioners also donated $50 out of the county treasury to help pay for the engine purchased. The engine house was not built until the summer of 1806, when a brick structure, two stories high, was erected. On the night of June 12, 1866, the Marysville flouring-mill, with a saw-mill attached, fell a prey to the flames, the loss reaching about $10,000. A fire on the 22d of March, 1867, burned Sherwood's grocery store, Smith & Cartmell's grocery Store, and the store of F. T. Arthur; loss several thousand dollars. The hand fire engine, which had been considered inefficient, worked finely and saved other buildings from destruction. May 3, 1879, a steam fire-engine was purchased and placed in the fire department room in the new city hall building. In the afternoon of the same day It was thoroughly tested and found to be a first class machine. Sufficient steam was made in four minutes to force water strongly through one nozzle, and two minutes later water was flying through the same hose to a distance of over 130 feet. Another hose was attached and water thrown through both with tremendous force. In July, 1881, horses were secured for the department and placed in their quarters in the city hall building. The town now has a paid fire department, organized in August, 1882, and consisting of a chief, engineer and fireman. George W. Fox is the present chief; C. H. Carter, engineer, and French Sellers, fireman. Besides the steamer there is a hook and ladder truck. and the old hand engine still the property of the town, though not in use. Everything is kept in readiness for turning out in the shortest possible time, and the department is efficient and well organized. THE CITY HALL. In the latter part of August, 1864, the Town Council purchased property at the southeast corner of Main and South streets, on which to erect a building for a city hall, engine room, etc. In the spring of 1877, it was decided by vote to build a hall for city use. Plans drawn by F. J. Sager had been for some time on exhibition at McCloud's drug store. Work was soon begun on * This company was organized immediately after a small fire which occurred on the night of January 22, 1845 causing a loss of $1,000 or more. A meeting of citizens was held at the court house on the day succeeding the fire, and the company was then organized, with Samuel Resler, Captain; Mains Wasson, First Lieutenant; Abner Power, Second Lieutenant; J. S. Alexander, Treasurer; William C Lawrence, Secretary. A contribution was raised for the use of the company, and a petition was forwarded to the Legislature, praying for an act of incorporation. The officers chosen were to hold only until the company should be incorporated. 54 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. the site named, the old buildings on the ground being sold and moved away. New plans and specifications were called for and on the 15th of August, 1877; bids were opened and the contracts for the: different branches of work awarded separately, the whole footing up $12,495. Ground was broken on the 21st of the same month, and the building was completed in the spring of 1878. In the latter part of March in that year, the Council purchased a Seth Thomas striking tower clock and placed it in the tower of the new building. Its cost, with bell, was $915; it is of the eight. day variety, forty inches wide, fortytwo inches deep, fifty-one inches high, nine inch main wheel, sixteen-inch strike wheel, pendulum five feet long, ball weighs seventy-five pounds; weight of bell 1,000 pounds. Gas fixtures were placed in the building by a Cincinnati firm. The steam heating apparatus was manufactured by E. B. Arm strong, of Columbus. The auditorium is finely frescoed. The hall was opened to the public October 21, 1878, when the drama of the "Two Orphans" was given by home talent The total cost of the building, furniture, fixtures, etc., was $13,191.80, and the structure would be a credit to any town having a much greater population. It contains the fine public hall. the Mayor's office or Council Room, the public library, the fire department rooms and the city prison. MANUFACTURES. About 1848-49, the "Marysville Pearlash Factory" was established, and during most of its existence it was the property of Judge W. W. Woods, with whom Darius Buxton was for several years a partner in the business. This ashery was one of the most extensive in the United States, and, in fact, was reported as the largest in 1874; but after the death of Judge Wood:9 it was abandoned and the work discontinued. In the fall of 1856, the first steam grist-mill in the place was erected by J. & B. Saxton and G. A. Cassil. The subject of building of such an institution had been discussed in the columns of the daily papers for some time, and the mill supplied a long-felt want. It was started June 1, 1857, by Saxton & McCreight, and after being operated a number of years was destroyed by fire. In the fall ad winter of 1867, a now flouring mill was built by Miller & Snodgrass, two stories high and 32x36 feet in dimensions. The steam gristmill in the northeast part of town, now the property of Moses Thompson, was built about 1866, by W. L. Miller; it is a brick and frame structure, containing four runs of stone, having a capacity of about thirty-five barrels daily; does merchant and custom grinding, and furnishes employment for three men. A now steam grist mill is being erected near the north end of Main street, by Messrs. Sprague &,Perfect, the former from Sunbury, Delaware County, and the latter from Columbus It will have all the late improvements a and be capable of grinding 100 barrels of flour daily. The Marysville Butter Tub and Spoke Company was incorporated July 1, 1874; capital stock $50,000, in shares of $100each; incorporator---W. W. Woods, A. S. Chapman, A. B. Robinson, C. S. Chapman, D. D. Shearer, A. C. Pierson. Philip Snider, J. B. Whelpley, W. H. Robinson. Officers were elected on the 7th of the succeeding August. The manufactures were tubs, buckets, pails and firkins for packing butter, etc. In the spring of 1880, the old company sold out to W. F. Wilcox & Co., the death of Judge Woods being the main cause of breaking up the business, and a now building has been erected opposite the old one, which is being fitted up by Mr. Wilcox individually, who the last of three superintendents of the old factory, A. S. Chapman having been the first and E. L. Price the second. The firm of W. F. Wilcox & Co. composed of Mr. Wilcox and Judge Woods. The sales of the institution ran as high as $60,000 and over, annually, the goods being mostly disposed of in PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 55 Ohio. Shipments were made, however, into Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia ad I ania. Part of the old machinery is in the new building. Mr. Wilcox will manufacture butter tubs, pails and hard wood lumber, and give employment to an average of twenty five men. Rawson Walsh was for many years engaged in the manufacture of woolen. ods in Marysville, at different points, and, in 1864, the firm of Woodbury & Welsh built the brick factory now standing in the northeast part of town. Robinson & Robinson purchased it soon after. and for a number of years, under the management of the latter firm, it was one of the most important institations in the place. Twenty-five hands were employed, and jeans, satinets, Flannels, etc., manufactured. The business amounted to about $30,000 annually, and the firm conducted a store opposite the factory, where they enjoyed a very large trade. These gentlemen are now proprietors of the well-known "factory store" on South Main street. They sold the factory in the spring of 1880 to Turpie Brothers, of White County, Ind., and it is not now in operation. A brewery was built in the east part of town in the spring of 1866. In September 1878, the tubs, vats, etc., were removed to Indiana. On the morning of September 14, 1881, the structure was very badly damaged by fire, but it was repaired and refitted and is still inexistence, conducted by P. Schlegel. A large barn on the premises was burned in November, 1882. The property was for. merly owned by W. W. Woods. The "Marysville Cheese Manufacturing Company" was organized February 13, 1871, among the prominent members being W. W. Wood &, W. M. Randall, Col. Robb, B. T. McAllister, Jehu Ryan, John Fleck and A. J. Sterling, as stockholders. The certificate of incorporation was filed a few days later; capital stock, $4,000, in shares of $100 each. The incorporators were W. H. Robb, A. J. Sterling, W. W. Woods, Isaac C. Botkin, James W. Field, George P. Cross, J. S. Fleck. The company purchased an acre of ground next south of the fair ground, and in the spring of 1871 erected a factory thereon which began operations on the 18th of May in that year. The build. ing was 40x84 feet, including the engine room, and two stories high. J. H Ryan was chosen manager and N. P. Baughman, assistant. The latter had learned the trade in the Western Reserve dairy region of Ohio. Within a short time, the factory was manufacturing ten cheeses daily, weighing thirty pounds each. In May, 1872 it was receiving 3,300 pounds of milk per diem, and was operated by F. Hazen, who made 300 pounds of cheese each day. February 22, 1873, the factory was sold by the Sheriff and bid off by J W. Robinson, for $2,550. It was continued for a time, but ceased operations previous to 1877, and the building was sold to Judge Woods for $700. A now factory was built in the eastern part of- town, in 1878, but was continued short time only In the spring, of 1872, a carriage f actory was erected on South Main street, by Conrad & Schepper, the building being a large frame structure. In the fall of 1876, the two-story brick addition, which now constitutes the front portion of the establishment, was built. In November, 1878, John Boerger purchased the interest of Mr. Schepper, and the firm of Conrad & Boerger was established.. Mr. Boerger had come to the place in 1872, and learned his trade in this shop. The present firm employs from eight to fifteen men, according to the season, and transacts annually a business amounting to $12,000 or $15, 000. The manufactures-wagons, carriages, sleighs, etc. are disposed of principally in Union and adjoining counties, before the death of Judge Woods, and through his instrumentality, they shipped to some extent to Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Boerger's father, John L. Boerger, owns a fine farm in 56 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Mill Creek Township, containing 340 acres, and the son had lived with his father up to the time of his location in Marysville, when he started entirely on his own resources. The carriage works of Bauer, Schepper & Devine were established February 7, 1882. Employment is given in the busy season to ton or twelve hands, and the work is disposed of mostly in Union and Franklin Counties. The firm manufactures carriages, wagons, sleighs, etc., and does a general blacksmithing business. Mr. Schepper was formerly in partnership with Mr. Conrad, and has worked at his trade in Marysville since 1868, coming from Owen County, Ind. Mr. Bauer is lately from Columbus, and Mr. Devine came from the same place three or four years ago. A. S. Turner, proprietor of the City Carriage Works, has been engaged in the business in this place since the close of the rebellion, having served in thee army during that memorable struggle. For five or six years, ha was in company with F. E. Justice. About the fall of 1871, he built a portion of his present shop, and in April, 1872, Mr. Justice became his partner. The firm was continued until October, 25, 1877, since when Mr. Turner has operated the factory alone and made extensive additions to it. From working as a journeyman a short time subsequent to the close of the war, he is now proprietor of a business amounting to about $6,000 annually, and employs an average of seven hands. He manufactures entirely for the home trade. The carriage factory of L. E. Helium was established about 1874, by its present proprietor, who has worked in Marysville since 1871. During the war be was for a time in company with Franklin E. Justice. He employs seven hands in the busy season, and disposes of most of his work near home, shipping but little. The establishment of S. A. Cherry is mentioned elsewhere, hence a description is unnecessary in this connection. In 1875, a planing mill was built and a lumber yard opened by Rice, Fleck & Co., the firm being composed of H. Rice, J. S. Fleck and A. S. Chapman. In that year, a large amount of building was done in Marysville, and, on the 9th of June, forty-five buildings were under way together. A three-story hotel was talked of, to be erected on the site of the old American, and to cost from $20,000 to $30,000, but it has, up to this writing, failed to materialize. The present owners of the above-mentioned planing mill and lumber yard are Messrs. Fleck & Chapman, who have made extensive additions to the original mill and introduced many improvements. It is now the largest establishment of the kind in the county. The building covers four lots and has a frontage of 264 feet. The yards in the rear and to the south are constantly stocked with lumber, and a portion of the main floor of the building is supplied from the yard and used for seasoning and cutting. The upper floor receives the timber from its first cutting, and it is rapidly converted into flooring, doors, sash and building material. The firm employs, on an average, about fifteen men; in the busy season, twenty five. The capital at the start was limited and the first year's sales amounted to only $7,000; this had increased to $15,000 in 1881, and to $60,000 for 1882. The Marysville Gas Light Company was incorporated August 30, 1878, the incorporators being W. W. Woods, Frederick J. Sager, S. N. McCloud, William Smith, J. W. Field and M. C. Lawrence. Capital stock, $20,000, inn shares of $50 each. No works were ever put in, and a citizen of the town remarked in December, 1882, that the only gas in the place was "gasoline and human gas." Gasoline was introduced in Marysville in the spring of 1869; about forty lamps were set in the streets, and " Ward's Gas Generating Lamp" used. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 57 BANKS. The Bank of Marysville was established in 1854, by Andrews, Evans & Woods, whose advertisement appears in the Marysville Tribune under date of February 14, 1855. On the 15th of April, 1863, another advertisement shows that the proprietors were then W. W. Woods, D. D. Welsh and C. S. Hamilton. They were at that time "agents for the sale of United States Government Five-Twenty Bonds." In September, 1869, T. J. Buxton, a member of the firm, retired for the purpose of entering the same business at Minneapolis, Minn. James Fullington and C. Phellis became partners with Judge Woods, under the firm name of Fullington, Phellis & Woods, which is still continued, the Judge's heirs retaining an interest in the institution. This is the oldest bank in the county, and transacts a general banking business. The cashier, R. M. Henderson, has held the position since the retirement of Mr. Buxton. in 1869. The building now occupied by this bank was erected in 1872, and was then the finest business edifice in Union County. It is three stories high, brick being the material composing the walls. The upper story is occupied by the Odd Fellows. The Farmer's Bank of Union County went into operation about the 20th of April, 1868, with the following officers: Directors-Levi Longbrake, A. James Sterling, Dr. J. M. Southard; Cashier-Joseph Newlove. The bank was first located in the Robinson Block, three doors east of the public square, but is now in a fine brick building at the southeast corner of the square, erected in 1872. The present proprietors (December, 1882) of this bank are Joseph Newlove. * J. M. Southard, Levi Longbrake, Edward Weller, Thomas Martin. The position of cashier is filled by C W. Southard. The People's Bank.-This banking company was organized in the forepart of April, 1874, and included among its members A. J. Whitney, W. H. Robb, J. B. Whelpley, C. Houston, A. S. Chapman, F. T. Arthur, A. T. Carpenter, S. B. Woodburn, B. W. Keyes, C. S. Chapman. It began business in the room previously occupied by the Bank of Marysville, which had shortly before moved into its new quarters in the building it now occupies. The present officers are: A. J. Whitney, President; C. S. Chapman, Cashier. The bank transacts business on a capital of $20,000. SECRET ORDERS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS. Palestine Lodge, No. 158, F. & A. M., was instituted April 10, 1848. The charter members were Stephen F. Kinney, John Cassil, J. O. Baker, Silas Igon, Jeremiah Curl, L. B. Kinney, David Burnham and James R. Smith. Jeremiah Curl was the first W. M.; S. F. Kinney, S. W., and John Cassil, probably first Secretary. (2) At meetings hold April 20 and 21, 1848, the lodge admitted seven new members. Of the fifteen thus constituting the old lodge, but one is now known to be living-Dr. Charles Rathbun, now of Southern Illinois. William M. Winget, of Marysville, who was initiated August 26, 1852, is one of the oldest members Of the lodge. Thomas Peacock was made an Entered Apprentice in 1849, and Judge John B. Coates was initiated March 21, 1850; these two were initiated in this lodge probably before any other person now living in the place. David C. Winget, who became a Master Mason before joining this lodge, is thought to have belonged to the order longer than any other man in the town. W. M. Robinson and W. H. Robb are also old Masons. A fire which occurred July 26, 1859, destroyed the records, charter and effects of this lodge, but a new charter was granted on the 21 st of *Mr. Newlove's decease has occurred since them notes were taken. (2) A directory of Union County, published in 1877, says the first officers of this lodge were Romeo M. Stokes, W. N. Burr, S. W., and James Williams, J. W. 58 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. the following October, under which the lodge is now working. The membership, December 12, 1882, was 163, and the officers were: J. J. Scott, W. M.; J. M. Broderick S. W.; A. H. Beightler, J. W.; J. W. Field, Treasurer; J. H. Kinkade, Secretary; C. S. Lee, S. D.; E. L. Parthemore, J. D.; Thomas Peacook, Tiler. Marysville Chapter, No. 9.9, R. A. M. --A dispensation was granted a chapter October l3, 1866, and it was instituted at that date by David Haskell, of London, H. P., pro tem., S. S. Jewell being installed as High Priest. After working one you under dispensation, a charter was granted October 12, 1867, to S. S. Jewell, John Sidle, James W. Field, Harvey S . Wood, T. S. Hill, William M. Winget, Abram Beck, John Cassil and W. H Robb. Officers elected at that time were: S. S. Jewell, H. P.; John Sidle. K.; J. W. Field, Scribe; W. H. Robb, C. of H.; R. R. Hederson, P. S.; M. C. Lawrence, R. A. C.; James A. Henderson, M. 3d V.; E. S. Pyne, M. 2d V.; W. E. Baxter, M. 1st V.; Thomas J. Buxton, Treasurer; John Cassil, Secretary; C. L. Mullen, Guard; J. B. Whelpley, Chaplain. The membership in December, 1882, was seventy-eight, and the officers at the same time were: W. M. Winget, High Priest; W. P. Anderson, King; C. W. Radebaugh, Scribe; Elmer P. Blinn, Captain of Host; J. J. Scott Principal Sojourner; H. W. Morey, Royal Arch Captain; David Edwards, Master 3d Veil; Will O. Shearer, Master 2d Veil; J. M. Brodrick, Master 1st Veil; J. W. Field, Treasurer; Will E. Winget, Secretary; A. H. Beightler, Guard. Marysville Council, No. 61, R. & S. M. was instituted December 30, 1873, with ten or twelve charter members. Its first officers were: O. B. Williams, T. 1. M.; James A. Henderson, D. I. M.; W. H. Robb, P. C. of W.; D. W. Henderson, Treasurer; James W. Field, Rec.; W. M. Cartmell, C. of G.; C. L. Mullen, S. The council is not at present in a flourishing condition. It has a membership (December 12, 1882) of twenty, and is officered as follows: W. P. Anderson, T. I. M. James W. Field, D. I. M.; S. S. Jewell, P. C. of W.; W. M. Cartmell, C. of G.; W. M. Robinson, Treasurer; S. N. McCloud, Recorder; H. W. Morey, Sentinel pro tent, The charter will probably soon be surrendered. Marysville Lodge, No. 87, IOOF, is the oldest secret organization in the county. It was instituted June 7, 1847, and the charter members were John Cassil, S. A. Cherry, James Kinkade, W.. T. Brophy, and John H. Smith. The lodge was instituted by Erastus Sheldon, District Deputy Grand Master. The officers were: John Cassil, N. G.; S. A. Cherry, V. G.; James Kinkade, Jr., R. S.; William T. Brophy, Treasurer; John H. Smith, P. S. On the same night, Philip Snider James M. Wilkinson, J. C. Doughty, Charles Rathbun and William E. Lee were initiated as members. At the next meeting, June 10, 1847, James M. Wilkinson was appointed R. S. N. G.; Charles Rathbun, L. S. N. G.; W. E. Lee, R. S. V. G.; J. C. Doughty, L. S. V. S.; Philip Snider, Warden; J. C. Doughty, Conductor; John S. Smith, I. G.; William T. Brophy, O. G.; Philip Snider, Charles Rathbun, James Kinkade, Jr., Trustees. This organization has been continued' to the present time, and the membership, December 12, 1882, was about 150. Several lodges have been partially formed from this, and some nearly entire. The library contains 323 volumes. S. A. Cherry is the only one of the charter members of this lodge now living. The present officers are: B. Hanawalt, N. G.; E. B. Turner, V. G.; E. L. Price, Recording Secretary; L. G. English, Per. See.; John H. Wood, Treasurer. Mr. Wood has held this office several years. Marysville Encampment, No. 114, IOOF, was chartered May 6, 1868, and instituted August 10 following. The charter members were John Cassil, A. F. Wilkins, A. Morey, John P. Bauer, Thomas Turner, John Weaver, Page 59 Blank Page 60 Picture J. W. Heagez PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 61 Jr., Joseph H. Felkner. The encampment was instituted by Right Worthy Grand Scribe William M. Hubbell. The first officers were: John Cassil, C. P.; J. H. Felkner, H. P.; Thomas Turner, S. W.; A. F. Wilkins, Scribe (died in office); John P. Bauer, Treasurer; A. Morey, J. W. The present member. ship is about eighty, and the officers are: J. R. Taylor, C. P.; J. C. Burkbile, H. P.; R. S. Bonnett. S. W.; D. H. Fry, Scribe; J. J. Morelock, Treasurer; J. M. Longbrake, J. W. Juniata Tribe, No. 94, Improved Order of Red Men, was instituted at the Hunting Grounds of Marysville, Reservation of Ohio, on the sleep of the 18th Sun, Worm Moon, G. S. D. 388-common year, March 18, 1879--with twentytwo charter members. Its membership in December, 1882, was seventy-six, and its officers were as follows: Prophet, J. Q. Richey; Sachem, A. Morey; Senior Sagamore. J. H. Smith; Junior Sagamore, J. D. Burkbile; Chief of Records, B. Newlove; Keeper of Wampum, B. C. Newlove. The first incumbents of the same offices, in the order named, were B. Newlove, C. Wagner, J. D. Burkbile, H. N. Amrine, H. J. King and R. C. Newlove. Marysville Lodge, No. 100, K. of P., was chartered May 24, 1877, the following being the first officers and members: - Noah Orr, P. C.; Harry Gebbard, C. C.; Adam Snider, V. C.; J. H. Kinkade, P.; S. N. McCloud, M. of E; J. B. Couchman, M. of F.; C. F. Wilkins, K. of R. and S.; Theodore Mullen, M. at A.; C. H. Carter, I. G.; W. S. Smith, O. G.; J. J. Gledhill, James Smith, E. C . Myers, D. W. March, J. H Willis, E. P. Rogers, G. Gibson. The present membership is about eighty, and the officers are: I. D. Buxton, P. C.; R. H. Graham, C. C.; John L. Sellers, V. C.; C. F. Turner, P.; C. L. Ousler, M. of E.; E. E. Cole, M. of F.; C. Stewart, X. of R. and S.; George Heistand, M. at A.; L. M. Webster, I. G.; W, Weidman, O. G. Several building and loan associations have been organized at different times in Marysville, which have been of great benefit The Marysville Literary and Library Association was formed Friday evening, November 15, 1867, and a committee appointed to draft constitution and by laws They performed their duty, and, on the evening of November 28, the articles were adopted; the organization was completed November 29, by the election of the following officers: Franklin Wood, President; W. S. Johnson, Vice President; A. J. Sterling, Treasurer; S. W. Dolber, Secretary; L. Piper, Librarian; A. J. Sterling, P. B. Cole, F. Wood, Executive Committee. Thursday evening January 28, 1868, Fred Douglass delivered a lecture in Marysville, having been brought here by this association, to whose benefit the net proceeds of the lecture were appropriated for the purchase of books. The association was incorporated February 17, 1868, and the following Trustees, elected: P. B. Cole, Franklin Wood, O. M. Scott, William S. Johnson, John H. Shearer, L. Piper, A. James Sterling, James C. Wilkins, Edward Thomas. The " Marysville Library Association" was the name of the organized institution, as adopted July 21, 1874, when the following officers were chosen. P. B. Cole, President; F. Wood, Vice President; R. L. Woodburn, Secretary; William M. Liggett, Treasurer; H. W. Morey, Librarian; Andrew Steven. son, D. W. Henderson, L. Piper, Directors. The capital stock was fixed at 150 shares of $25 each; only about eighty shares were ever taken, although about 100 names appear on the record. Officers are elected annually. The present officers are: P. B. Cole, President, having held the position since 1874; Dr. I. N. Hamilton, Vice President; William M. Liggett, Treasurer. E. P. Blinn, Secretary; J. B. Whelpley, D. W. Henderson, J. Van Pearse, Directors; J. Van Pearse, Librarian. The library contains about 1,000 volumes, all of the better class of selections. Historical and biographical works form a prominent part feature of the library. From 62 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. seventy-five to one hundred books are circulated weekly, and now ones are oc. casionally adds& The Agassiz Scientific, Archaeological and Historical Society of Marysville. was organized March 7,1879, and a week later the following officers were elected: Prof. J. W. Cole, President; J. H. Shearer, Vice President; Miss Anna Roney, Recording Secretary; E. E. Cole, Corresponding Secretary; L. Piper, Treasurer; Dr. I N. Hamilton, Dr. D. W. Henderson, C. M. Kenton, Dr. J. W. Field, S. P. Mulford, Executive Committee. At the date of the second meeting, March 14, 1859, the membership was fifty one. The object of the association was to acquire general information of value on all subjects The work of collecting specimens, relies, etc for the purpose of establishling a museum, was began, and a large number and great variety of articles was soon on hand. The museum was placed in the east school building, and is an attractive feature to the visitor. The collection has been largely made by the pupils of the schools, who have taken great interest in the work CEMETERIES. Just when the old cemetery in the limits of the corporation began to be used has not been ascertained. Steps were taken toward purchasing a new ground,. and abandoning the old one, in October and November, 1846, but nothing further was done until early in 1848. In March of that year, 6 ½ acres were purchased of the assignees of W. C. Malin, lying on the Marion road, north of town. This was traded to Mr. Zwerner, in the spring of 1863, for his lots adjoining the old cemetery, which was extended. On the 5th of June, 1877, it was voted by the citizens of Marysville to raise by tax sufficient funds-to purchase grounds for a new cemetery. The Council could not secure suitable grounds for a reasonable price, and, accordingly, July 22, 1878, they passed a, resolution to appropriate a piece of ground known as the Dynes land, half a mile west of the corporation, between the Newton and Bellefontaine roads. The name, "Oakdale Cemetery," was given to the grounds. The tract contains thirty-nine acres,. and is beautifully laid out. It. was first improved in 1880, and dedicated on the 17th of June in that year. It already contains the remains of numerous persons, including some removed from other cemeteries, and is an exceedingly pleasant resting place for the dead. In the old cemetery at Marysville rest many of the pioneer fathers and mothers of the place and its neighborhood. Numbers of the headstones are broken in pieces and fallen flat, and others are so worn by the storms of years that the inscriptions upon them cannot be deciphered. The following list includes a large proportion of those whose remains are here buried, with date of death and age: John S. Fulton, died September 10, 1864, aged 75 years; Catharine, Maria Fulton, March 25, 1840, 12; Sally Ann, wife of Abram G. Davis, January 9, 1837, 21; Nathaniel Beecher, April 15, 1840, 30; Mary R., daughter of Moses and Mary A. Thompson, August 9, 1847, 22; Florence M., daughter of W. W. and Martha J. Woods, July 23, 1842, 2; Alexander Gibson, April 9, 1842, 52; Robert Gibson, October 30, 1844. 28; Elias Kelsey, September 5,1854, 42; John Burns, December 22,1839, 46; Mary Magdalena, his wife, August 27, 1868, 76; David, son of J. and Sarah Curl, June 8, 1840, 1; John H., son of Alexander and Elizabeth Pollock, July 26, 1831, 4; Elizabeth, wife of A. Pollock, February 10, 1846, 44; Rodney Pickett, September 18, 1852, 52; Mary, his wife, July 13, 1869, 72; Cyprian Lee, September 24, 1854, 62; Elizabeth B. Cooper, his wife, January 7, 1830, 23; Mary S. Irwin, his second wife, October 11, 1858, 60; Mrs. Mary Lee, March 21, 1842, 71; Mrs. Nancy Simmons, October 9, 1854, 70; Ann, wife of John Hawley, June 29, 1846, 63; Baty Hawley, March 14, 1838, 14; William Campbell, February 20, 1865, 66; PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 63 Ann, his wife, August 9, 1860, 52; Samuel Teas, March 8,1843, 74; Margaret, his wife, May 17, 1847, 69; Margaret, wife of Rev. W. D. Smith, October 23, 1840, 34; Levi Phelps, November 27, 1863, 74; Lavina, wife of Forest Meeker, April 23, 1862, 89; Anne Phelps, wife of Joseph Peck, August 18, 1853, 61; Angella, consort of James Turner, August 22, 1840, 26; Bill Welch, October 31, 1850, 54; Amelia, his wife, May 20, 1853, 37; Alice B. Skinner, August 19, 1851, 68; Mary J., wife of J. C. Duree, October 14, 1845, 22; William C. Lawrence, Esq., September 21, 1846, 42; Rev. James Smith, June 2, 1874, 73; Matilda, his wife, November 3, 1852, 46; Samuel B. Johnson, June 17, 1843, 52; Aurelia, wife of Rowland Lee, November 14,1858, 46; Lucina, wife of Cyrus Partridge, October 4, 1850, 57; Dr. Neil, April 2, 18,57, 58; Sally, wife of Nathan Hartwell, July 26, 1845, 74; Sophronia S., wife of C. W. B. Allison, August 26, 1848, 22; Mary H., wife of William T. Brophy, October 2, 1850, 27; James Weller, March 24, 1872, 73; Chambers Dynes, January 3, 1857, 86; SomeIia Dynes, December 31, 1856, 80; William Powl, April 15, 1854, 39; James C. Dynes, March 6, 1854, 57; Jacob Ashbaugh, May 4, 1851, 75; Sarah, wife of Rev. John Wilson, December 12, 1813, 69; William Gregg, September 30, 1846, 61; Elvira D., wife of W. M. Gregg, November 30, 1839, 18; William Wells, February 3, 1857, 77; Nancy, his wife' Se tem, ber 27, 1842, 59; Malinda, wife of William M. Page, October 17, 1839" 29; Calvin Winget, November 4, 1840, 39; Cynthia, his wife, August 20, 1845, 40; William Ward, January 17, 1848, 82; James L. Ward, December 26, 1843, 36; Nancy Ward, August 9, 1855, 45; George D. Witter, August 13, 1849, 25; Sally, wife of David Witter, June 13, 1838, 43; Martha Ann, wife of John Lundy, January 27, 1844, 19; Michael Mullin, March 15, 1836, 48; Stephen D. Mullin, April 28, 1834, 22; Letitia, his wife, September 28, 1834, 22; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Mullin, December 19, 1841, 50; James Carter, June 8, 1862, 48; Electa, wife of James Barbour, native of Bainbridge, N. Y., September 22, 1869, 70; John Weaver, Sr., April 23, 1880, 68; Elenor, wife of George Shape, September 2, 1867, 65; Rev. James Ryan, March 14, 1868, 77; Philadelphia, wife of Edward Weller, February 14, 1875, 66; Cornelius S. Hamilton, December 122, 1807, 46; Louisa B., his wife, May 24, 1868, 43; John C. Hull, December 30, 1872, 85; Jane T., his wife May 3, 1874, 84; Otway Curry, February: 15, 1855, 51; Mrs. Mary Curry, April 21, 1856, 50; John Cassil, June 15, 1869, 66; Thomas Snodgrass, April 21, 1880, 72; William Snodgrass, March 10, 1842, 43; Benson Wilmeth, June 30, 1860, 73; William Alexander, February 6, 1871, 94; F. K. F. Melching, February 26, 1870, 77; Judah Dodge, April 23, 1869, 74; Thomas Turner, October 13, 1868, 59; David Robb, October 2, 1869, 90, Mary, wife of David Robb, September 10, 1865, 55; Robert Turner, March 13, 1869, 87; John C. Filler, April 3, 1864, 56; John W. Thompson, February 16, 1875, 77; Laura Sabin, March 10, 1880, 79; Susannah Sabin. April 29, 1866. 94; Joseph Kellogg, M. D., September 29, 1875, 81; Francis Bryant, August 20, 1877, 65; Matilda, consort of J. H. Shearer, March 26, 1865, 45; John Robb, September 5, 1865, 73: Margaret E., his wife, August 26, 1865, 65; D. D. Welsh, May 17, 1863, 45. Several victims of the great and bloody civil war found a resting place in this cemetery, principal among whom is Col. Joseph G. Hawkins, killed at the battle of Stone River, Tenn., December 31, 1862. A neat monument was erected as a "tribute of respect by the officers of his regiment and his fellowcitizens." Col. Hawkins was only one of many who fell in that terrible four years' struggle, and who, in the sleep of patriot martyrs, " look proudly to heaven from the deathbed of fame." 64 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead, Dear as the blood ye gave ; No impious footsteps here shall tread The herbage of your grave ; Nor shall your glory be forgot While Fame her record keeps, Or honor points the hallowed spot Where Valor proudly sleeps." PARIS TOWNSHIP. Paris Township was constituted by act of the Commissioners of Union County, March 12, 1821. Its bounds were then defined as follows: " Beginning at the northeast comer of Darby, running west three and one-half miles; thence north to the north boundary of said county; all west to the line of Union Township to be known by the name of Paris." Is thus created, Paris included a large portion of the county, but by the formation of now townships its limits have been gradually contracted, until it now possesses little more territory than the average of the fourteen townships of this county. It is favorably located, in the south central portion of the county, and probably contains the center of population within its limits. Marysville is situated a little south of its center. The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad enters from Dover Township on the east, pursues a westerly and southwesterly course, and leaves the township near the southwest corner. Mill Creek is the only stream of note. It enters from the north, flows almost directly south, to near the center of the township, and, by an ever tortuous course, proceeds eastwardly to Dover. The surface is usually level, and the soil of an excellent clay quality. The entire surface was densely timbered with the prevalent types of forest growth in this region at the coming of the pioneers, such as sugar, hickory, oak, beech, elm and walnut. The roads in this township are unexcelled in the county, and probably in the State. A dozen well-piked roads lead from Marysville in all directions. EARLY SETTLERS. The most important early settlement in what is now Paris Township was made in 1817, by Abraham Amrine and his sons, in what is still known as the Amrine settlement, about two miles northwest of Marysville. So far as known, it was the first settlement made; assuredly the first permanent settlement. A few squatters may have preceded the Amrines, in the occupancy of the soil of this township, but if so, all traces of them are lost. The Amrine family still has in its possession a considerable quantity of the survey upon which the original settler of this name settled sixty-six years ago. Abraham Amrine was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1761. His ancestors had emigrated to America from Switzerland about the beginning of the eighteenth century. In 1785, Mr. Amrine married Mary Wolford, and in 1801 removed from Pennsylvania. to near St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio. In 1817, he purchased from Samuel Davis, of Franklin County, the John Overton survey, of 750 2/3 acres, No. 4,066, which, however, contained nearly 1,000 acres, paying for if. $2 an acre. This was at that time a high price for wild land, but the survey was located on a bend of Mill Creek, and the rich bottom lands it contained enhanced its value above that of land less favorably situated. The same year he removed to it from Belmont County, with his Six sons - John, Andrew, Moses, Frederick, Jeremiah and Abraham, Jr.- four of PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 65 whom were married, and brought their families with them. Mr. Amrine's family consisted of seven sons and one daughter, the eldest of, the family. The other son-Henry- -subsequently removed to Paris Township; the daughter married Joseph Worley, and lived near Wheeling, W. Va. Mr. Amrine built his log cabin on the hill west of the Newton pike, where the bend is made in the road. To each of his boys he gave 100 acres of land, and the work of clearing the farms was at once commenced in earnest. They had few-if any-neighbors at first, but formed quite a colony among themselves. They-were a rugged, hardy people, fully fitted to cope with the difficulties and endure the hardships of their wilderness homes. They were religious, frugal and industrious, and soon had fruitful farms, while on all sides, for miles, was yet one deep, dense forest. Abraham Amrine, Sr., died November 14, 1849, at the ripe old age of eighty-eight years. His wife, Mary, had preceded him to the grave many years. She died in September, 1823, only six years after their removal here, at the age of sixty-three years. John Amrine, the eldest son, was born in 1787. In Belmont County, he married Drusie Worley. She died before the removal to Paris Township. and he was again married to Nancy Miller. By the first marriage his children were Andrew, Wesley, William, Sarah and Mary; by the second, John, Julia Ann, Alexander, Maria, Harrison, Sylas and Roxa. He was a lifelong farmer of this township, and died September 15, 1864, aged seventy-seven years. His wife, Nancy, died July 31, 1861, aged seventy-five years. Henry Amrine, the second son, was born in 1789. He did not move to this township till the fall of 1820. His father desired that he should live in the same settlement with himself and his remaining sons, and offered him, as an inducement to move, 100 acres, upon which was a good mill site. He built his cabin in the green woods a few rods west of where the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Amrine now stands. In 1822, he built the saw mill on the exact site of the present mill. It was one of the first mills erected on Mill Creek. In 1825, the grist mill was added. These mills remained in the possession of the Amrine family for more than fifty years. Henry Amrine had married Mary Powers, who was born near Richmond, Va., September 2, 1785. Their children were John, Elizabeth. Josiah, Susan, Abraham, Mercy, Henry, Smith and Andrew. The first six were born in Belmont County, the last three here. Four are still living-John, in Piqua, Ohio;- Susan, who became the wife of Samuel Reed, in Missouri; Henry and Andrew, in Paris Township. The wife, Mary, died in 1851, at the age of sixty-five years. Henry survived until the seventy-sixth year of his age. His death occurred August 12, 1864. Andrew Amrine, the third son of Abraham, was born in Pennsylvania in 1791. He married Mercy Westlake, and had but one child, Sidy Ann. He was for many years Justice of the Peace, was a man of profound religious character, and possessed more than ordinary intelligence. His earthly career was closed November 2, 1850, at the age of sixty-eight years. His wife, Mercy, died in 1861, aged seventy-one years. The only child, Sidy Ann, the wife of Zephaniah Reed, died in 1851, aged thirty-seven years. Moses Amrine, who was born in 1797, married Elizabeth Watkins. Their children were Mahala. Nancy, Sarah, Washington, Polly Ann, Annetta and Melissa. Moses Amrine remained a resident of Paris Township through life, and died November 6, 1874, at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1854. Frederick, Jeremiah and Abraham, Jr., the three younger boys, removed with their families to the West. Frederick married Rachel Burris, and their children were Keziah, George, Amos. Maria, Nancy and James. His wife, Rachel, died in 1827, at the early age of thirty-two years. 66 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Jeremiah Amrine married Mary Shearer. Their children are Valentine and Polly Ann. The former of these resides in Troy, Ohio; the latter, now the wife of John Bellville, resides in Iowa. Abraham Amrine, Jr., was married to Catharine McAdams, who died young. He then removed to Illinois, where be was killed by a heavily loaded wagon running over him. The Amrines were among the best, as they were the first, citizens of Paris Township. They nearly all lived to a good age, and have left an impress upon the community for good, which cannot be effaced for a long time to come, They were earnest and consistent members of the Methodist Church, and the founders of religious life in this locality. In politics, they were strongly Whig; the descendants, it is said, without exception, are now Republican. Hezekiah Bates, a blacksmith, hailing from Now Jersey, came about 1817, and settled on the W. H. Robb place, just north of Marysville. He resided here for many years, and cleared up a portion of the farm, besides working at his trade. He then removed to Madison County, Ind., where he died. John Donly was from Belmont County, and came to Paris Township with the Amrines, or soon after. His wife was Elizabeth, Miller. He settled on the Amrine tract, east of the creek, and died years afterward in the township, leaving a posterity which is still represented here. A settlement was made about 1817 or 1818, on the site of Marysville and just north of it, by Jonathan Summers and Nathan and Eli Lundy. They came together from Fayette County. None of them purchased land. Mr. Summers built his cabin and cleared a patch for corn in what is now Marysville. He taught school a term about three-fourths of a mile to the west. In a few years, he returned to Fayette County with his family, and there died. Nathan Lundy selected a spot for his cabin just north of Marysville, and lived there six years; he then returned to Fayette County. Eli Lundy was a nephew to Nathan. He was born in Washington County, Penn., and came here from Fayette County with his wife, Phoebe (McVay), and two children. He built a cabin on what is now the Clement place, just northwest of Marysville, remained here about five years, then removed further east, near the fair grounds, where his uncle had lived. Four or five years later he came to Marysville, and for a time was engaged in keeping hotel. In 1844, he emigrated to Iowa, where he died. At the time of his departure, he was the happy parent of eleven children, who accompanied him to the West. Abraham Steiner came in 1819. He was born in Pennsylvania, and there acquired the weaver's trade. He lost his father when he was quite small, and moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, with Col. Ambrose Meeker. He lived with him till the opening of the War of 1812, when Col. Ambrose went to the front, and Mr. Steiner removed to Madison County. He had married Elizabeth Lewis about 1807. While in Madison County, be received the false impression that by settling in Paris Township, and clearing a tract of land, 100 acres would be deeded to him. Acting on the information, he entered the township March 25, 1819. He remained a week in a sugar camp on what is now the John Weaver place. south of Marysville, where James Beatley and Levin Gibson, then of Madison County, were engaged in boiling sugar. He then continued eastward a few miles to Dover Township, and took up his abode in the cabin of Stephen Dysard until June 19 following, by which time, with the assistance of the scattering settlers in Dover, he had built a cabin on what is now known as the Hawley place, nearly two miles east of Marysville, on the Dover pike. He at once moved into it, and remained there for twelve years, except two years spent at Urbana, engaged in clearing the land and in weaving. He then removed to Knox County, where be purchased a farm, and eight years PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 67 later to Clayton County, Iowa. He died there at the age of eighty-four years. He raised six children-Christian, Joseph, Mary (Sager), Catharine (Myers), Eliza Ann (Coulter) and Abraham. Only two are now living in Union County-Christian in Dover Township, Catharine at Peoria. Mr. Steiner was a Democrat in politics, of German descent, and for a time a Methodist, afterward a Baptist, When he came. in 1819, no cabin stood between his and Jonathan Summers' at the site of Marysville, and the few scattering settlers were all squatters, except the Amrines. At various points along Mill Creek, cabins were erected, and small clearings made, by persons called squatters, who settled upon the land only temporarily, and without any intention of acquiring a title to it. This class of settlements was almost the only kind for some years. The sojourn of the, squatters was usually brief They enjoyed best that free and easy life to be found on the extreme frontier, where their wants were few and easily supplied, and as incoming settlements encroached upon their freedom, many of them took up their few worldly effects and sought new homes deeper in the solitudes of undisturbed nature. Their stay was generally so transient that few traces were left of their occupancy. Their politics was generally Democratic; their religion, not strongly marked. A few squatters afterward purchased land here and became permanent settlers. Levin Gibson, in the fall of 1819, settled on what is now the John W. Robinson place, just northeast of Marysville. He was born in Virginia, married Rachel Insley, of New Jersey, at Chillicothe, an& removed to Madison County, whence he came here. He had six children-Ruth (Steiner), Lydia (Wilmuth), Robert of Marysville, Susan (Little) and Sarah (Snodgrass), of Marysville, and William, who died in the army. Mr. Gibson was a lifelong farmer, but did not acquire any land in his own name. Joel Hinkle, about 1818, brought a drove of hogs from. Clark County, to range along Mill Creek. They belonged to Henry Van Meter, of Springfield, and Judge Reynolds, of Urbana. He built a cabin on the Robinson place, northeast of Marysville, but remained in it only a year. Elijah Holloway, from Ross County, then took possession of the cabin and occupied it for a short time, but, tiring of this county, he returned to Ross. Lemuel Godfrey was the next temporary occupant of the little cabin. He, too, hailed from Ron County, and after tarrying here for a few years, departed for the State of Iowa. William Shelpman, from Ross County, in the fall of 1819, settled on Mill Creek and died there. William Worley, from the same county, was another squatter. John Streets lived for awhile in the bend of the creek, just north of Marysville Sampson Hubbell, lived for a few years, commencing about 1820, two and one-half miles west of Marysville. He owned no prop. erty, and moved IV, est. Joseph Bell built a cabin on the Robert Belt farm, northeast of Marysville. He was from Ross County, and stayed only a short time. George Cline, from Madison County, about 1821 settled on the Daniel Longbrake farm The locality was known in early times as "Cline's Bottoms." He remained till the land was sold, then returned to Madison County. James Bradley, a local Methodist preacher, came from Ross County in 1819, and took possession of a cabin site in the eastern part of the township, but acquired no property there. He afterward moved to Hardin County, and bought a small farm, on which he died. His son, Martin, married Elizabeth Wilmuth, and moved to Missouri. Joseph Russell, in 1819, settled on the John B. Weller place, on the eastern line of the township. He emigrated from Now-Jersey to London, Madison County, there married Mrs. Nancy Reeves and came here. He afterward removed to the West. John Barker, about 1818, settled in Survey 4,074, three or four miles 68 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. northwest from Marysville. He was originally from Virginia; had married Mary Hoyt in Pennsylvania. Some time after he came, he sold 100 acres on the north side of Mill Creek to Samuel Westlake and removed to the Amrine farm. His wife died October 28, 1853. Mr. Barker died near Lewisburg in 1870, aged seventy-three years. He had a family of twelve children, some of whom still reside in this township. Jonathan Brooks was one of the earliest citizens of the township. He owned no property, and resided on the Amrine settlement. He was an earnest Methodist and a well respected man. George Westlake, a native of Maryland, came, with his wife Mercy, from Belmont County in 1821. He was at this time well advanced in Re. He had raised a large family of children, most of whom had married before he removed to this township. His daughter Mercy was the wife of Andrew Amrine, and he lived on his farm. Another daughter, Mrs. John Elliott, afterward removed to this township Mr. and Mrs. Westlake were members of the Methodist Church, and both died in extreme old age at their home in this township. Samuel Westlake the son of George and Mercy Westlake, moved from Belmont County in October, 1826, and settled on a small farm of fifty acres in the southeast corner of Survey 4,074, several miles northwest of Marysville. It, was wholly covered with, forest when he came, and a spot was cleared as a site for the little cabin, which he at once built and moved into,. Afterward, when he was felling the timber, close by, it became necessary for the safety of his family that they leave the cabin, as there was danger of tress falling across it and crashing it in. Mr. Westlake was a farmer and a shoe-maker, and pursued both avocations. He was a Methodist and a Democrat. His wife was Elizabeth Reed, who died in 1851. Mr. Westlake attained the age of eighty five years. He had eleven children, two of whom remained in Belmont County after his departure, but subsequently followed him to Paris Township. They were: Josiah, of this township; Nancy, wife of Henry Jordan, of Allen Township; Samuel, of Kansas; Zephaniah, who died here; James, of Delaware County; George who died in Missouri; Elizabeth, wife of Wesley Amrine, of Marysville; Mercy, who died unmarried; Richard, of Missouri; Mary, who married Thomas Peacock, and is now deceased; and William, of Missouri. John and George Howser, brothers, from Licking County, were among the earliest settlers. They occupied farms on Survey 5,138, north of the Amrine settlement. After a residence here of considerable length, they removed to Hardin County and purchased land on which Kenton has since been built. Lemuel, Joseph and William Wilmuth, three brothers, were early settlers. William Wilmuth was born in Maryland, and emigrated to Ross County, Ohio; thence he removed to Paris Township, in 1820 or 1821, and settled on Mill Creek, northeast of Marysville. He was a farmer, but owned no land here. His wife was Susan Carr, who bore him a large family of children. His brother-in-law, Reuben Carr, accompanied him here from Ross County. He was a bachelor, and made his home with the Wilmuths until his death, about 1840. Soon after, Mr. Wilmuth removed to Hardin County, and bought a farm close by Kenton. Later in life, he moved to Missouri, where he died. Lemuel and Joseph Wilmuth settled south of Marysville. Lemuel died in Hardin County. Joseph moved to Missouri, and finished his earthly course in that State. Adam Wolford, in 1821, settled north of Marysville, near the fair grounds. His boyhood was spent in Guernsey County. He removed. to Knox County, and there married Catharine Wolford several years prior to his removal to Paris Township. By trade and occupation he was a carpenter, and Page 69 Picture of Geo. N. McPeek Page 70 Blank PARIS TOWNSHIP., - 71 own settled in Marysville, where he died June 10, 1863, aged sixty-five years. Elijah Wolford, distantly related to; Adam Wolford, moved to the township a few years later, from Belmont County. He was a farmer, and first settled in the Amrine neighborhood; then two and one-half miles north of Marysville, on the Pharisburg road, where he died. Jacob Parthemore, about 1820, shortly after his marriage to Sarah Thornton, settled in the extreme southwestern part of the township He is of German descent, and formerly resided in the southern part of the county. Tobias Bigler came to the township in 1825. He was born in Barks County, Penn., in 1805, of German parentage. In 1809, he emigrated to Licking County with his parents, and the year following they removed to Fairfield County, where Tobias remained until he came here. In January, 1827, he married Miss Sarah Amrine, the daughter of John Amrine. He purchased 100 acres of woodland northwest of Marysville, paying for it $450. As this was cleared, he added more to it. After the decease of his wife, he was reunited in marriage with Nancy Burrows. By his first marriage he had twelve children, eight of whom are now living-Samuel, Mary A., Andrew, John, Eliza, Daniel, Harrison and James M.; by the Second he has but one child, Nelson H. Mr. Bigler is still a resident of the township. In 1828, John Elliott became a citizen of Paris. He was born in Maryland, and previous to his settlement here had lived in Belmont and Adams Counties, and had married Hannah Westlake. Within a few years after he came, he was the owner of a farm of 200 acres in the northwestern part of the township, where he passed the remainder of his life. In earlier life, he was an ardent Methodist, but he afterward was one of the prime movers in the organization of the United Brethren Church. His politics were Democratic. Mr. Elliott was twice married. By the first marriage he had two children, by the last ten, many of whom still live in Paris Township. About 1827, William Gregg, of Ross County, purchased and settled on a small farm in Survey 1, 913, now owned by Tobias Bigler. He died at Marysville. Hezekiah Burdick was an early settler on Mill Creek, in the eastern part of the township. He afterward removed to Richwood, opening the first store in that village. David Dickson was an early settler in the eastern part of the township. He had previously lived in Mill Creek Township. James Richey, John Sovereign, Coats Thornton, William Wells and William Youst were also early settlers. Mr. Richey was a Virginian. He located east of Marysville, on the farm now owned by Harvey Wood. He removed to Delaware County, near Millville. John Sovereign came from Madison County. He lived, for a time, northeast of Marysville, on the Robinson farm; then removed to Leesburg Township, where he purchased land and died. Coats Thornton was from Virginia. He afterward resided in Marysville. Mr. Wells came from Belmont County about 1828. He bought and occupied a small place on Survey 1,913, and afterward removed to Marysville, where he died. William Youst was a squatter, and came here very early. He was a Virginian, and had lived in Greene County before coming to Paris Township. He occupied a Place north of the Amrine settlement, but soon departed for parts unknown. THE BLOCK-HOUSE. On the Powers place, in Survey 5,736, a block-house was erected in 1812, by the settlers in the southern part of what is now Union and those in Madison County, as a defense against threatened Indian attacks from the north. it a 72 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. stood east of Edward Powers' residence, near the west bank of Mill Creek, in the path of an Indian trail, which passed north and south. The blockhouse was made of hewn logo, and its dimensions were probably fifteen by twenty four feet. It was two stories in height, and on all sides were small portholes, about four inches square. For about two weeks after this means of defense was hastily constructed, it was strongly garrisoned by the settlers from below, as it was believed the expected Indian descent would be made by way of this trail, which was their usual route in traveling south. At last the rumor gained currency that the savages were about to invade the settlements below from another direction, and the occupants of the fort precipitately left it and returned to their defenseless families. No hostile Indians, however, ever appeared in this vicinity. The block-house was afterward occupied as a dwelling. CHURCHES. "One of the greatest sources of anxiety to the older Amrines was how to bring up their children surrounded by proper religious influences. It was finally resolved to organize a church here in the woods, and in 1821 the Amrine Church was organized. They had been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Belmont County, and for several years they were about the only members of the church here. Andrew was the first leader and steward, and was a leader almost continually to the time of his death. John and Jeremiah were also leaders for many years. This point was at first a part of the London Circuit, and its pastors were Rev. George W. Maley and Rev. Aaron Wood. Afterward came Richard Brandriff, Rev. Shaw and many other circuit riders of pioneer days, when, a circuit was two or three hundred miles around, and the preachers traveled on horseback with the old saddlebags behind them, and when, in their lonely travels, they were often soaked by the drenching rain, pelted by the rattling hail, or blinded and frozen by the driving snow when the hungry wolf often gave him chase, and the growling bear was heard by the way. Often, very often, when the preacher was expected, has the good woman of the house sat up till late in the night, to have ready for him a warm supper after the weary day's journey. " As new settlers located in the neighborhood the membership became stronger, for nearly every one in that day near this settlement united with the class. Among the earliest members, besides the Amrines, were the Westlakes, John Donly, who was class leader for awhile, George Houser, also class leader, John Houser and Jonathan Brooks. The services were held at the cabin of Andrew Amrine, until a round-log cabin was erected a few rods south of where the church now stands. This old log building was also used as a schoolhouse. The earliest teachers were Mr. Williams, George Snodgrass and Peyton Smith. It was destroyed by fire, and a hewed log church was erected on what is now a part of the Amrine Cemetery. The present Amrine Church, one and one-half miles northwest of Marysville, was built in 1853, and dedicated on Sunday, August 28, 1853, by Rev. S. M. Merrill. The membership is not as strong now as it was years ago. The charge is attached to the Newton Circuit. Rev. Littell is the present pastor. A Sabbath school was organized about 1828, by Rev. Shaw. It is still maintained. Mount Zion United Brethren Church is located about three miles northwest of Marysville. The society was organized here nearly forty years ago Its membership was drawn largely from the Methodist Church. Rev. Frederick Hendricks first preached at the house of Samuel Elliott. He was followed by Rev. Buell. Soon after, Rev. William Miller organized the Society. Among the earliest members were Samuel Elliott, Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott, John Elliott, Sally Beightler, Charity Moore, Emma Moore, Lydia Moore, and PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 73 Weldon and Jane Elliott. A frame church was soon erected on a lot donated to the society by Samuel Elliott. It remained the place of worship until 1876, when the present church was erected. It is about 36X40 feet in size and cost about $850. It was dedicated November 26, 1876, by Bishop Weaver. It was, at the time, completely finished, including furniture, carpets and bell, and was dedicated free of all indebtedness. The membership is now about sixty. Rev. R. G. Montgomery is the pastor in charge. A successful Sabbath school has been maintained for many years. St. John's (German) Evangelical Lutheran Church had a house of worship on the extreme southern line of Paris Township for a number of years, but subsequently abandoned it and removed to Darby Township. In the history of this latter township an account of this church may be found. ELECTIONS. The first election held in Paris Township, was for the selection of a Justice of the Peace, September 29, 1821. Nathan Lundy, Hezekiah Bates and Andrew Amrine were the Judges, and Ralph R. Phelps and Andrew Woodrough, Clerks. Thirteen votes were cast, of which William Wilmuth received nine and Mathias Collins four. At the State election in the following month,. only eleven votes were cast Nicholas Hathoway for Representative, Levi Phelps for County Auditor and Robert Nelson for County Commissioner received the entire vote. The following is a complete abstract of the vote of the township for Governor. 1822-Jeremiah Morrow, 19. 1824-Jeremiah Morrow, 3; Allen Trimble, 29; total, 32. 1826-John Bigger, 3; Allen Trimble, 30; total, 33. 1828-John W. Campbell, 15; Allen Trimble, 27; total, 42. 1830-Duncan McArthur, 48; Robert Lucas, 15; total, 63. 1832-Darius Lyman, Whig, 34; Robert Lucas, Democrat, 50; total, 84. 1834-James Finley, Whig, 57; Robert Lucas, Democrat, 33; total, 90. 1836-Joseph Vance, Whig, 148; Eli Baldwin, Democrat, 70; total, 213 1838-Joseph Vance, Whig, 89; Wilson Shannon, Democrat, 82; total, 171 1840-Thomas Corwin, Whig, 128; Wilson Shannon, Democrat, 80; total, 208. 1842-Thomas Corwin, Whig, 103; Wilson Shannon, Democrat, 87; Leicester King, Abolitionist, 9; total, 199. 1844-Mordocai Bartley, Whig, 112; David Tod, Democrat, 117; Leicester King, Abolitionist, 3; total, 232. 1846-William Bebb, Whig, 117; David Tod, Democrat, 114; Samuel Lewis, Abolitonist, 4; total, 235. 1848-Seabury Ford, Whig, 149; John B. Weller, Democrat 117; scattering, 2; total, 266. 1850-William Johnson, Whig, 156; Reuben Wood, Democrat, 118; Edward Smith, Abolitionist, 5; total, 289. 1851-Samuel F. Vinton, Whig .148; Reuben Wood, Democrat, 129; Samuel Lewis, Abolitionist, 8; total, 285. 1853-Nelson Barrere, Whig, 162; William Medill, Democrat, 135; Samuel Lewis, Abolitionist, 34; total, 331. 1855-S. P. Chase, Fusionist, 171; William Medill, Democrat, 136; Allen Trimble, Know Nothing, 31; total, 338. 1857-8. P. Chase, Republican, 117; H. B. Payne, Democrat, 163; P.Van Trump, Know Nothing, 50; total, 330. 74 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 1859-William. Dennison, Republican, 135; R. P. Ranney, Democrat, 196; total, 831. 1861-David Tod, Republican, 241; H. J. Jewett, Democrat, 149; total, 390. 1863-John Brough, Republican, 271; C. L. Vallandigham, 192; total, 463. 1865-J. D. Cox, Republican, 259; George W. Morgan, Democrat, 207; total, 466. 1867-R. B. Hayes, Republican, 267; A. G. Thurman, Democrat, 281; total, 548 1869-R. B. Hayes, Republican, 287; G. H. Pendleton, Democrat, 288; total, 575. 1871-E. F. Noyes, Republican, 325; George W. McCook, Democrat, 272; Gideon T. Stewart, Prohibitionist, 2; total, 596 1873-E. F. Noyes, Republican, 241; William Allen, Democrat, 302; Isaac O. Collins, Liberal Republican, 20; G. T. Stewart, Prohibitionist, 57; total, 620. 1875 -R. B. Hayes, Republican, 370; William Allen, Democrat, 370; total, 740. 1877-William H. West, Republican, 386; R. M. Bishop, Democrat, 403; H A. Thompson, Prohibitionist, 20; scattering, 1; total, 810 1879-Charles Foster, Republican, 464; Thomas Ewing, Democrat, 425; Gideon T. Stewart, Prohibitionist, 21; total, 910. 1881-Charles Foster, Republican, 481; J. W. Bookwalter, Democrat, 394; A. R. Ludlow, Prohibitionist, 35; total, 910. In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes received, for President, 418 votes; Samuel J. Tilden received 395; Prohibition vote, 3; total, 816. In 1880, James A. Garfield, Republican, received 516; Winfield S. Hancock, Democrat, 421; Neal Dow, Prohibitionist, 9; total, 940. The Justices of the Peace in and for Paris Township, with their respective dates of commission, are as follows: William Wilmuth, September 29, 1821; Andrew Amrine, July 1, 1824; Silas O. Strong. March 30, 1825; Andrew Amrine, July 31, 1827; Ira Wood, March 20, 1828; Ira Wood, March 19, 1831; Andrew Amrine, September 19, 1836; Ira Wood, April 15,1837; James Turner, August 21,1837; William H., Frank and Aquilla Turner, October 7, 1839; James Turner, June 23, 1840; William H. Frank and Aquilla Turner, October 8, 1842; James Turner, July 15, 1843; George W. Cherry, January 13, 1844: James M. Wilkinson, November 6, 1844; Joshua Marshall, November 15, 1845; James Turner, June 2, 1846; James M. Wilkinson, November 17, 1847; Joshua Marshall, November 11, 1848; James Turner, June 9, 1849, resigned October 25, 1851; James Miller, November 23, 1850; John B. Coats and William Smith, November 22, 1851; John Barbour, November 18, 1853, resigned March 22, 1856; William Smith and Robert Turner, November 25, 1854; George Lincoln, April 18, 1856; John B. Coats and Seth McMahill, November 21, 1857; William H. Robb, October 26, 1858; James D. Smith, October 18, 1859; Seth McMahill, December 10, 1860, A. F. Wilkins and William M. Robinson, January 30, 1862; Seth McMahill, December 17, 1863, resigned September 21, 1866; A. F. Wilkins, John N. Rathbun and M. C. Lawrence, January 14, 1865; John Cassil April 11, 1867; A., F. Wilkins, February 1, 1868; Wesley Garrard, April 14,1868; William M. Robinson, October 22, 1869; A. F. Wilkins and Wesley Garrard, April 6, 1871; Tabor Randall, April 11, 1873; A. F. Wilkins and Wesley Garrard, April 13, 1874; Henry King and W. M. Robinson, April 10, 1876; Wesley Garrard, April 12 , 1877; Edward E. Cole and Henry PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 75 J. King, April 11, 1879; Wesley Garrard, April 17, 1880; John H. Kinkade and W. M. Winget, April 14, 1882. SURVEYS The original surveys that are included within the limits of Paris Township, together with their respective areas, location, original owners, surveyors and dates of survey, are as follows: No. 1913, 800 acres, about two miles northwest of Marysville; Thomas Kennon, assignee; surveyed by Joseph Kerr May 31, 1802. Nos. 2,254 and 2,256, 1,000 acres each, southeast part of the township; Edward Dowse, assignee; surveyed by Nathaniel Massie August 21, 1798. Nos. 3,350 3,351 and 3,354, 1,087 acres each, in the eastern and central part of the township, the latter two including the site of Marysville; Edward Dowse, assignee, original proprietor; surveyed August 22 and 23, 1798, by Nathaniel Massie. Nos. 3,352 and 3,353, 800 acres each, northeast of Marysville; Edward Dowse, assignee; surveyed August 22, 1798, by Nathaniel Massie. No. 4,066, 750 acres, north of Marysville; John Overton, original proprietor-, surveyed October 20, 1801, by Joseph Kerr. No. 4,069, 1,000 acres, south of Marysville; Elizabeth Rickman, widow of Dr. William Rickman, original proprietor; surveyed October 24, 1801, by Joseph Kerr. No. 4,072, 600 acres, in the northeast part of township; Elizabeth Rickman, proprietor; surveyed by Joseph Kerr, May 31, 1802. No. 4,073, 666 2/3 acres, northwest corner of township; Elizabeth Rickman, proprietor; surveyed October 29, 1801, by Joseph Kerr. No. 4,074, 600 acres, in northwest part of township; Benjamin Biggs, assignee, proprietor; surveyed by Joseph Kerr, October 25, 1801. No. 4,075, 666 2/3 acres, in northwest part of township; Benjamin Biggs, assignee, proprietor; surveyed October 29, 1801, by Joseph Kerr. No. 5,006, 200 acres, in southwest part of township; Bazaleel Morris, proprietor; surveyed November 5, 1807, by James Galloway. No. 5,053, 126 acres, in southwest part of township; Peter Manifold, assignee, proprietor, surveyed October 18,1807, by Duncan McArthur. No. 5,136, 800 acres, on north line of township; John Pride, heir-at-law of William Pride, proprietor; surveyed January 23, 1807, by James Galloway. No. 5,138, 666 2/3 acres, in northern part of township; Baylor Hill, proprietor, surveyed by James Galloway, January 7, 1807. No. 5,140, 433 1/3 acres, in southeast corner of township; Richard 0. Anderson, assignee, proprietor; surveyed February 19, 1807, by James Galloway, Jr. No. 5,141 100 acres, in southeast corner of township; William Steele, proprietor; surveyed April 19, 1817, by James Galloway, Jr. Nos. 5,292 and 12,398, 440 acres, in southwest part of township; James Galloway, proprietor; surveyed by James Galloway, November 6, 1833. No. 5,390, 666 2/3 acres, northeast corner of township; Robert Means, assignee, proprietor, surveyed by James Galloway, Jr., May 26, 1807. No. 5, 392, 642 acres, northeast part of township; Robert Means, assignee, proprietor; surveyed by James Galloway, Jr., May 28, 1807. No. 5,416, 500 acres, west of Marysville; Nathan Lamme, proprietor; Surveyed December 20, 1807, by James Galloway. No. 5,503, 540 acres, on north line of township; Robert Means, assignee, proprietor; surveyed by James Galloway, Jr., July 30, 1807. 76 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. No. 5,728, 1,567 acres, on west line of township; Robert Means, assignee, proprietor; surveyed February 24, 1808, by James Galloway, Jr. No. 1,200, 44 acres, in southwest part of township; Robert Means, assignee, proprietor; surveyed December 18, 1823, by James Galloway, Jr. No. 12,314, 90 acres, in southwest corner of township; William Withers, proprietor; surveyed by Duncan McArthur, October 22, 1824. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)